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Photo: Mohammad Mahdi Pourarab
Hazrat Fatemeh mourning ceremony in Tehran
Iranians in the capital Tehran held a ceremony on Wednesday night to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Fatemeh (SA), the daughter of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). The ceremony took place four days ahead of her martyrdom anniversary next Sunday.
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102nd anniversary of Mirza Kuchak Khan's martyrdom in Rasht
The ceremony marking the 102nd anniversary of the martyrdom of Mirza Yunus Ostad Sara'i, known as Mirza Kuchak Khan Jangali, was held in the south of Rasht in Soleyman-Darab neighborhood with the participation of people and officials on December 2, 2023. (IRNA Photos/ Mojtaba Mohammadi)
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Mourning for Imam Reza (AS) at Tehran Grand Bazaar
The mourning ceremony for the martyrdom anniversary of the eighth Shia Imam, Imam Reza (AS), was held on September 16, 2023, at Tehran Grand Bazaar. (IRNA photos/Payam Sani).
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Mourning for Imam Reza (AS) in Iran's Qom
The photo album depicts the mourning ceremony for Imam Reza (AS) attended by people in Iran’s central city of Qom at the Shrine of Fatemeh Masoumeh on September 17, 2023. (IRNA photos/ Hamid Abedi)
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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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Mourning ceremony for Imam Hussein's daughter in Tehran
A mourning ceremony was held at Imam Hussein Square in downtown Tehran on August 21, 2023, to observe Muharram mourning rituals and to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Ruqayyah (AS), the daughter of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Imam of Twelver Shias. (IRNA photos/Hassan Shirvani)
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Imam Hussein (AS), Hazrat Zaynab (SA) honored in Iran's Qom
Women and girls gathered in the Iranian city of Qom on August 20, 2023, to take part in a religious ceremony to commemorate the third Shia Imam, Imam Hussain (AS), and his revered sister Hazrat Zeynab (SA), the grandchildren of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). (IRNA photos/Hamid Abedi)
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Chains of Fire ceremony to commemorate Ashura in central Iran
The Chain of Fire ceremony is one of the mourning ceremonies of Bayazeh village in Khur and Biabanak County, Isfahan province, central Iran. The villagers carry out this mourning ceremony before sunrise on the anniversary day of Ashura – the day Imam Hussain and his 72 followers were brutally martyred in the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD). (IRNA photos/Ahmad Riahi Dehkordi)
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Halva cooking on Tasu’a
Residents in the Iranian capital Tehran held a ceremony on Thursday to cook halva, a kind of confectionery traditionally made for mourning processions. The ceremony was held in southern Tehran, where groups of people made and distributed halva as part of measures to mark Tasu’a, the day before Ashura when Imam Hossein (AS) and his 72 companions were martyred 14 centuries ago. (Photos by IRNA/Mohammad Reza Alimadadi)
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Imam Hossein mourning ceremony held at presidential complex
Tehran, IRNA – President Ebrahim Raisi has hosted a ceremony marking the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia Imam, Imam Hossein (AS), at the Presidential Administration Headquarters in the capital Tehran.