Iranians mourn for Imam Hussein (AS) – the third Shia Imam and the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) – on the third night of Muharram in Islamic Azad University Karaj Branch on July 21, 2023. (IRNA photos/Mehdi Pourarab)

The Battle of Karbala took place in October 680 (10th of Muharram 61 AH). Imam Hossein (AS) and his 72 companions were brutally martyred in an unequal battle by Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate.

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