Ashura Day

Tehraners mark Ashura in iconic Imam Hossein Sq (+Photos)

The people of Tehran marked the Ashura Day by holding a mourning ceremony in Imam Hossein Square on Tuesday.

The Day of Ashura- the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala, when the 3rd Shia Imam, Hussein ibn Ali, a grandson of Prophet Muhammad, was martyred by the forces of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad – is marked across the world

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