Publish Date: 7 September 2023 - 11:44

Devotees of the third Shia imam, Imam Hussein (AS), and his half-brother Abu al-Fadl, also known as Hazrat Abbas, held mourning ceremonies in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Arbaeen night falling on Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2023. (IRNA photos/Mohammad Mahdi Pourarab)

Mourners packed the shrines of Imam Hossein and Abu al-Fadl as well as the iconic street between the holy sites, which is known as Bein ul-Haramein to observe Arbaeen, the 40th day since the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein and his 72 companions.

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