On 5 April 2022, a stabbing attack took place at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran, killing two Shia clerics and wounding a third.

[3] Two clergymen were seen splayed on the gray marbled floor of the shrine, covered in blood, in footage shared on social media.

[3] The attack took place on the third day of the Ramadan,[9] a holy month that attracts Muslim worshippers to communal prayers at mosques from across country.

[5] The attacker was Abdullatif Moradi, a 21-year-old ethnic Uzbek from Afghanistan,[10] who illegally crossed into Iran in 2021 across the Iran–Pakistan border, and was living around Mashhad.

He lived in Mehrabad district of Mashhad and was reportedly active in social networks under the names of "Abdullatif al-Salafi", "Hassan Moradi", and "Abulaqib al-Mowahid", criticizing Shia Muslims and promoting Takfiri thoughts.