Ashura
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Nasrallah: Current generation in Gaza will destroy Israel
Tehran, IRNA – The secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says the current generation in Gaza and the supportive fronts will bring about the annihilation of the Israeli regime.
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Iran FM Spox calls on Muslims to reveal ‘terrorist identity of Israel’
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has called on Muslims across the world to help reveal the “evil and terrorist identity of Israel and its criminal supporters”.
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Iranians mark martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hossein on Ashura
Tehran, IRNA – Iranians across the country have held mourning processions to commemorate Ashura, the day that marks the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia imam, Imam Hossein (AS), the grandson of Islam’s Prophet Mohammad.
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Photo: Hamid Abedi
Torch-carrying ceremony
The torch-carrying ceremony, held by the people from Iraq's Najaf residing in Qom, central Iran, serves as a reminder and commemoration of the historical event when the tents of Imam Hussein (AS) were set on fire after he and his 72 companions were martyred on Ashura. Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam and a grandson of Islam's Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), and his companions, were martyred in the Battle of Karbala, in southern Iraq, in 680 AD after fighting courageously for justice against the much larger army of the Umayyad caliph, Yazid I. The tenth day of the Arabic month Muharram is known as Ashura.
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Photo: Mehdi Ghorbani
Servants change dome flag at Imam Reza (AS) shrine
Servants of Imam Reza (AS) shrine in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad changed the dome flag in the holy shrine on July 6, 2024 after a ceremony known as Izn Aza in which servants asks for Imam Reza’s permission to start a 10-day mourning period for Third shia Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions who were martyred in in 680 AD in Iraq’s Karbala.