Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| rank | city | province | date of official foundation of municipality | 2006 | 1996 | 1986 | 1976 | 1966 | 1956 |
| 1 | tehran | tehran | 1885 | 7705036 | 6758845 | 6042584 | 4530223 | 2719730 | 1512082 |
| 2 | mashhad | razavi khorasan | 1918 | 2410800 | 1887405 | 1463508 | 667770 | 409616 | 241984 |
| 3 | esfahān | esfahān | 1928 | 1602110 | 1266072 | 986753 | 661510 | 424045 | 254708 |
| 4 | tabriz | east azarbaijan | 1917 | 1398060 | 1191043 | 971482 | 597976 | 403413 | 289996 |
| 5 | karaj | alborz | 1934 | 1377450 | 940968 | 611510 | 137926 | 44243 | 14526 |
| 6 | shiraz | fars | 1950 | 1227311 | 1053025 | 848289 | 425813 | 269865 | 170659 |
Title:
list of iranian cities by population
Statement:
from 1996 to 2006 , mashhad 's population increased by over 500000
Answer:
supported