Protests also were reported in the iranian cities of mashhad , kerman and isfahan .
据报导在伊朗城市马什哈德、科曼和伊斯法罕也发生了抗议。
Speaking in the holy city of mashhad saturday , ayatollah ali khamenei said the united states is using " the slogan of change , " but that he sees no real change in u.s. policy toward iran .
Saba , an 18-year-old graphics student in the northeast holy city of mashhad , said that for her , the day was not at all about adopting a christian calendar but rather because " I would love to receive gifts and chocolate . "
Worried he could be tracked by his mobile phone , he says he turned it off , removed the battery and left tehran to hide at his father 's house in the northeastern city of mashhad .