Imam Hussein
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Iran’s Supreme Leader: Hussein (AS) belongs to humanity
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said “We Shia Muslims are proud to be followers of Imam Hussein, but Imam Hussein does not belong only to us,” adding that all Muslims are under the banner of Imam Hussein and that even those who are not Muslims participate in the Arbaeen march.
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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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Iran calls on Muslims to counter Israeli cruelty as it marks Tasu’a
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has expressed his condolences to Muslims around the world on the occasion of Tasu’a, calling for global action to stop the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
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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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Mourners throng holy shrines in Karbala on Muharram eve
Karbala, IRNA – The holy shrines of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam and his brother Hazrat Abbas (AS) were filled with chants of "Labbaik ya Hussein" on the eve of the mourning month of Muharram as their lovers thronged the sites during the ceremony of changing the red flag on the top of the mausoleums.