Najafis

  • Torch-carrying ritual in Iran's Qom

    Torch-carrying ritual in Iran's Qom

    Every year, on the 8th and 9th nights of the Islamic calendar month of Muharram, people originally from Iraq's city of Najaf who reside in the Iranian holy city of Qom walk and mourn alongside their traditional torches and drums from the Najafis Mosque and Hussainiya in Gozar Khan Bazaar to the Shrine of Hazrat Fatima Masoumeh(AS). (IRNA photos published on July 26, 2023/Hamid Abedi)