History is made in Mashad

HAFIZABAD, Pakistan - The streets of Mashad witnessed something monumental on 9 July.

The holy city became the epicenter of a political earthquake that will be recorded in the annals of world history.

The people did not come to observe; they came to declare.

Their chants of "We will rise" did not merely echo off the walls they tore through the air, touching the sky and shaking the foundations of the global order.

The world heard it, felt it, and is now struggling to absorb its meaning. ...