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Body of Martyr Gen. Nilforoushanm arrives in Iran

Najaf, IRNA – Body of Martyr Major General Abbas Nilforoushan, the supreme advisor of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Lebanon, who was martyred along with Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and several resistance commanders in an Israeli regime airstrike last month, has arrived in Tehran after funeral ceremonies in Iraq.
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Iran president starts his 1st foreign visit from neighboring Iraq

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had left Tehran for Baghdad to start his first foreign visit from the neighboring country.
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Devotees of al-Hussein caravan treks toward Karbala

The Devotees of al-Hussein caravan from Ramshir treks toward Karbala with 132 Husseini flags on Monday (July 29, 2024). This caravan, comprised of more than 300 flag bearers, will reach Karbala in 27 days.
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Iraq says ready to receive 120K Arbaeen pilgrims per day via Shalamcheh border

Abadan, IRNA – Iraq is ready to host 120,000 Arbaeen pilgrims per day via the Shalamcheh border, the deputy governor of Iraq’s Basra province has announced.
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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.
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Arbaeen night ceremony in Karbala

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)
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March of Arbaeen through Iraq’s al-Hamza

Millions of devotees of Imam Hussein (AS) travel to Karbala from all over the world to participate in the March of Arbaeen. Some of the pilgrims use the route through the cities of Qasim, Hamza, and Diwaniyah in al-Hamza County to take part in the ceremonies. (IRNA photos published on September 5, 2023/ Pouria Torabi)
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Pilgrims converge in Karbala on eve of Arbaeen

With just one day left until Arbaeen, devoted pilgrims have converged in the Iraqi city of Karbala to partake in the commemoration of this significant day in the Islamic calendar. (IRNA photos published on September 5, 2023/Akbar Tavakoli, Bahram Bayat)
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Arbaeen pilgrims arrive in Karbala

Massive crowds of Imam Hussein lovers have arrived in Karbala, the final destination of their Arbaeen journey, to commemorate the memory of Imam Hussein (AS) and his faithful companions. (IRNA photos published on September 4, 2023/Adel Bakhoda, Ehsan Fazli Osanlou)
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Arba’een walk at night

Due to excessive heat in summer days, groups of Arba’een pilgrims trek toward the Iraqi city of Karbala during the night. The governor of Karbala, Aqil Al-Turaihi, has predicted that the number of Arba’een pilgrims will surpass 30 million this year, a growth of 50% compared to last year. (IRNA photos/Bahram Bayat, Adel Bakhoda)
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Foreign Arbaeen pilgrims at Iran's Chazabeh border

Some Arbaeen pilgrims have reached the Chazabeh border crossing in the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan as they seek go to the Iraqi city of Karbala. This is the first time that foreign nationals can cross that border crossing to attend the Arbaeen pilgrimage. (IRNA photos/Ali Mo’aref)
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Karbala ahead of Arbaeen

Pilgrims have reached the Iraqi city of Karbala to attend the Arbaeen ceremony, which marks the fortieth day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hossein (AS) and his companions. (IRNA photos/ Mohammad-Mahdi Pour-Arab)
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Arbaeen March

Millions of Muslims from across the world are converging on Iraq’s holy city of Karbala to commemorate Arbaeen which marks 40 days after the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia imam, Imam Hossein (AS), the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. Pilgrims use different Iraqi routes to reach Karbala where Imam Hossein’s holy shrine is located. Some of them take Kadhimiya-Karbala route. (IRNA photos, Ali Abak)
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Arbaeen pilgrims in Iraq

The photo album depicts Iranian pilgrims crossing through Al Diwaniyah the capital city of Iraq's Al-Qadisiyyah Governorate on their way to Iraq's Karbala to attend the Arbaeen trek. (IRNA photos/Hamid Abedi)
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A play in central Iran to renarrate Karbala incident

A play dubbed Gharib-ye Sham (Stranger in the Levant), which refers to the demise of Hazrat Ruqayyah – the three-year-old daughter of Imam Hussain (AS) -- was performed in the central Iranian province of Yazd, on August 25, 2023, to re-narrate the tragic incident of Ashura in Karbala in 680 CE. (IRNA photos/Majid Jarrahi)
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Arbaeen pilgrims at Iran Khosravi border

Photos depict pilgrims of Arbaeen at the Khosravi border in the Qasr-e Shirin county in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah. (IRNA photos/Bahman Zarei/August 22, 2023)
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Iran, Iraq review ways for better coordination in holding Arbaeen

Baghdad, IRNA – Senior Iranian and Iraqi officials have met in Baghdad to discuss better coordination between the two neighboring countries for the upcoming Arbaeen pilgrimage.
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Theater on Battle of Karbala in Iran's Karaj

Religious theater depicting the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE was performed in Karaj, the capital city of the northern Iranian province of Alborz, on August 8, 2023, to mourn for Imam Hossein (AS). This is 25 years that the show dubbed “A Desert Of Solitude” is performed in the city to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hossein – the third Imam of Shia Muslims. (IRNA photos/Mehdi Pourarab)
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‘Victory of Islam ultimate goal of Karbala revolution’

Tehran, IRNA — Sheikh Isa Qassim, Bahrain's leading Shia cleric, has described the “victory of Islam” as the ultimate goal behind the sacrifices made by Imam Hussein (AS) during the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE.
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Story of Imam Hussain (AS) reenacted in Iran's Zanjan

A group of Iranians in the city of Zanjan, in northern Iran, re-enact the story of a trip by the caravan of Imam Hussain (AS) from Mecca, located in today's Saudi Arabia, toward Karbala in Iraq, that took place some 14 centuries ago, on July 23, 2023. (IRNA photos/Bahram Bayat)
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Iranian mothers, babies commemorate battle of Karbala

Mothers with their babies gathered in various places across Iran on July 21, 2023, to commemorate the third day of Muharram – the first month of the Islamic calendar year – which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn, the six-month-old baby of Imam Hossein – the third Imam of Shia Muslims – in Karbala in 680 CE. (IRNA photos)
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Khamenei.ir publishes music video ‘After You’

Tehran, IRNA - To introduce Imam Hussein (AS) and the event of Ashura to the Western youth, Khamenei.ir published a music video named "After You":
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Iran's Mashhad, Iraq's Karbala become sister cities

Mashhad, IRNA – Director-General of the Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization in Iran's eastern province of Khorasan Razavi has said that Mashhad, the second largest city in the country and Iraq’s holy city of Karbala have become sister cities through agreement signed in Iraq.
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Iraqi, Iranian health ministers agree to boost medical cooperation

Tehran, IRNA – Health ministries of Iraq and Iran have reached an agreement to form a bilateral committee to review medical cooperation between the two countries.
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Tehran, Karbala named sister cities

Tehran, IRNA –Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani and Iraqi holy city of Karbala Governor announced the two cities as sisters.
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2nd minaret of Imam Ali Shrine unveiled after restoration

Second minaret of Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq was unveiled on the birth anniversary of Imam Ali (PBUH) in a ceremony attended by the trustees board of the holy shrine, people of Najaf and Karbala and the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. February 15, 2022. IRNA/Hossein Hajilari.
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