MNA Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram which marks the day when Imam Hussein (PBUH) and his companions were martyred at the Battle of Karbala. The day of Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Lunar Hijri calendar. This day is significant for Shia due to what occurred in Karbala on this day in the year 61 AH (October 10, 680 CE). On ...

Tasnim | Mohammad Maleki: Iranian people in the capitals market as well as across the country, are preparing for Muharram mourning ceremonies which commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions in the Battle of Karbala in the year 680 A.D.   ...

Press TV - Millions of people from around the world travel to Iraq each year to partake in the annual Arba'een processions, which over the past years have grown into the largest human gathering of any kind. The decades-old event marks the 40th day after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein and 72 of his companions in the Battle of Karbala,...

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and HADI MIZBAN: Millions of pilgrims made their way on foot to the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday for the Shiite pilgrimage of Arbaeen, regarded as the largest annual public gathering in the world. The commemoration marks the 40th day following the death of a Shiite saint in the 7th century and included more than 2 million ...

Tasnim � A large number of residents of Tehran attended a procession on Saturday in commemoration of Arbaeen, marking forty days after the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia Imam, Imam Hussein (AS).  

Tasnim A large number of residents of Tehran attended a procession on Saturday in commemoration of Arbaeen, marking forty days after the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia Imam, Imam Hussein (AS). People from different walks of life packed in the main roads leading to the holy shrine of Abdol Azim al-Hasani (AS) in Rey, south of Tehran, on ...

Press TV - Millions of pilgrims, including a record number of Iranians, have gathered in Iraqs holy city of Karbala to commemorate Arbaeen, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, the third Shia Imam. Among the pilgrims, which usually number 20 million from around the world every year, many arrive in Karbala after trekking ...

Tasnim | Mehdi Pedramkhoo: A caravan of around 40,000 people left Irans southwestern city of Ahvaz on Monday evening for a procession towards Iraq to mark Arbaeen in commemoration of Imam Hussein (PBUH) martyrdom.    ...

Tasnim I M. Ali Asadi & Foad Ashtari: A huge crowd of people in the Iranian capital of Tehran took part in a procession on Tuesday morning in commemoration of Arbaeen, marking forty days after the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shiite Imam, Imam Hussein (AS). A main road to southern Tehran leading to the holy shrine of Abdol Azim al-Hasani ...

IRNA - The Iranian foreign minister referring to Arbaeen rituals, said no tyrant will be able to end the struggle for justice. 14 centuries ago a tyrant believed he had eradicated Imam Hussein's resistance. Saddam, Al-Qaida & ISIS thought they could end it. Yet today 17M from across the worldw/2M Iraniansare amassing in Karbala, Mohammad Javad ...

IFP - The Rawda Khani or public lamentation is among historical ceremonies annually held in the old part of the city of Abarkuh in Yazd Province, central Iran, during the lunar month of Muharram when Imam Hussein was martyred some 14 centuries ago. This public lamentation is held to commemorate the anniversary of the tragic martyrdom of Imam Hussein ...

IFP - A Zoroastrian cleric from the city of Yazd says the Iranian followers of Prophet Zoroaster highly respect the third Shia Imam, Hussein Ibn Ali, because of his historic defence of the oppressed and the truth. Rostam Kavousianzadeh, a Zoroastrian eulogist of Imam Hussein, says the Zoroastrians special love for and dedication to Prophet ...

Alwaght -Think not of those who are slain in Gods way as dead. Nay, they are living, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord. (Quran 3:169) Indeed, this verse of the holy Quran explains that martyrdom in the path of God is not equivalent to death, for the body may perish but the soul is immortal. Hussein bin Ali (Peace Be upon ...

Press TV - Millions of Iranians hold mourning processions across the country on Ashura, which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam. The faithful Shia Muslims, dressed in black, have converged on the streets and in mosques in all cities and towns to listen to elegies in commemoration of Ashura, the 10th day ...

IFP - A former Iranian diplomat says Riyadh is intensifying its crackdown on Shia Muslims both in Saudi Arabia and in Bahrain as they have started mourning the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Muhammad. Former Iranian charg daffaires to Saudi Arabia Ahmad Dastmalchian made the comment in an interview with the Iranian ...

IFP - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the nation will resist against the bullying US in the same way as Imam Hussein, the third Shia Imam, resisted against tyrant ruler of time Yazid, and they wont cave into escalating pressure by Washington. Speaking in a cabinet session on Wednesday, Rouhani said Iran faces an economic war imposed by people ...

Tasnim | Ali Jabbari, M.Mahdi Dorani: Iranian people across the country, including Tehran, are getting ready for the lunar month of Muharram, during which Shia Muslims hold massive religious mourning ceremonies to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia imam.      ...

IRNA Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri made a pilgrimage to Holy Shrine of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Imam of Shiite Muslims and Aba Al-Fadhel Al-Abbas, the brother of the third Shia Imam in Karbala on Friday. Jahangiri, who is on a three-day official visit to Iraq, left the sacred city of Najaf, which is home to holy shrine of First ...