Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has visited the holy Shrines of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam, and his brother Hazrat Abolfazl (AS) in Karbala, Iraq.

MNA A commemoration ceremony of the martyrdom of the former IRGC Quds Force, Lieutenant General Soleimani and Iraqi Commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was held in Karbala on Monday. A commemoration ceremony of the martyrdom of the former IRGC Quds Force, Lieutenant General Soleimani and other Resistance Martyrs was held in Karbala on Monday. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

MNA Iran has expressed commiserations with the Iraqi government and nation over a deadly stampede in the holy city of Karbala, which killed over 30 pilgrims and lefts dozens wounded. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi, in a statement on Tuesday, offered condolences with the Iraqi government and nation, especially the families ...

MNA According to reports more than 30 pilgrims were killed and dozens were wounded in a stampede in the city of Karbala, Iraq. The incident took place in the afternoon during the major Shia ritual of Ashura when thousands of Shia pilgrims pushed into the entrance of Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, some 110 km south of Baghdad. According ...

President.ir - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met the Iraqi elite, nomads and religious leaders of Holy city of Karbala on Tuesday evening. In this meeting President Hassan Rouhani described bonds between the Iranian and Iraqi nations as strong, saying that they are united in terms of culture and beliefs and no power can separate the unified Ummah....

IRNA President Hassan Rouhani described bonds between the Iranian and Iraqi nations as strong, saying that they are united in terms of culture and beliefs and no power can separate the unified Ummah. Noting that millions of Iranians travel to Iraq, especially Karbala and Najaf, for pilgrimage each year and vice versa, he said that pilgrimage on ...

President.ir - Rouhani and his accompanying delegation arrived in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala on Tuesday afternoon and visited the holy Shrines of Imam Hussain (AS) and Hazrat Abolfazl (AS) in Karbala and met a group of prominent figures in the city.    

IRNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who had left the Iraqi capital minutes ago, arrived in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala on Tuesday afternoon. President Rouhani and his accompanying delegation are due to visit the holy Shrines of Imam Hussain (AS) and Hazrat Abolfazl (AS) in Karbala and meet a group of prominent figures in the city. The Iranian ...

IRNA - Iran's foreign minister said on Wednesday it was the Iraqi and Syrian people who defeated the Daesh (ISIS) Takfiri terrorist group and the United States had no role in the issue. Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks at Iran-Iraq Joint Trade Conference held in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Wednesday morning with businessmen and officials from ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said Iran and Iraq private sectors will stand together in mutually beneficial endeavors to improve the lives of all. "Honored to be in Najaf and Karbala: home of the Sacred Shrines. Moved by people's sentiments. As brave Iranian youth stood with Iraqi brothers in fight against extremist terror,...

IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that the world is now regarding the US a 'naked king'. Zarif made the remarks in a meeting with representatives of Islamic Resistance groups in the city of Karbala. The US is now terrified from this fact that the world has reached to such understanding with regards to the US,...

FNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced the country's willingness to ink a deal with Iraq to drop customs tariffs between the two countries. "The Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to zero tariff rates between the two countries," Zarif said, addressing an economic forum in Iraq's Southern city of Karbala on Wednesday. He ...

MNA A business forum between the Iranian side and representatives from Iraqs central and southern provinces was held Wed. morning in Karbala in the presence of Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif. Tens of representatives from Iranian and Iraqi businesses came together Wednesday morning to confer on ways to boost trade and economic relations. The ...

ISNA After a one-day visit to Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif and his accompanying delegation left Sulaymaniyah for Najaf on Tuesday night. Upon their arrival at Najaf airport, they were welcomed by Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Najaf and the local officials, according to IRNA. After ...

IRNA - Head of Karbala Provincial Council, Nassif Jassem al-Khattabi welcomed presence of the Iranian companies in Karbala, Iraq. Al-Khattabi made the remarks Saturday in a meeting with Iranian envoy to Iraq Iraj Masjedi while visiting Iran's Kalleh Dairy branch in Iraq. The presence of Iranian companies in Iraq causes development and creates ...

IRNA Some 46 Iranian pilgrims died during the Arbaeen mourning ceremony in Iraq, an Iranian Insurance official announced in this central Iraqi city of Karbala on Wednesday. Some 15 of those pilgrims lost their lives on natural death and the rest due to road incidents or other reasons, Abdolnabi Saedi told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). About ...

Iran Front Page - IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, and picked headlines from 13 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Newspapers today widely covered the gathering of some 20 million Shiite pilgrims in the Iraqi city of Karbala to mark ...