Imam Hossein (AS)

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  • Arbaeen 2025/08/16

    By Xavier Villar 

    Iran and Arbaeen: Memory, resistance, and legitimacy in motion

    MADRID – Arbaeen, the pilgrimage that each year brings together millions of people on the road to Karbala, has transcended any reading reduced to mere ritual to become the core of a political and historical-discursive pedagogy central to 21st-century Islam. 

  • Afghan calligraphy 2024-08-28 22:45

    Tehran Gallery hosting exhibition of Afghan calligraphy, honoring Imam Hossein (AS)

    TEHRAN- An exhibition of calligraphy works by Afghan female artist Fereshteh Ahmadi is currently underway at Tehran’s Taraneh Baran Gallery.

  • ashura 2023-07-29 21:06

    By Soheila Zarfam

    Ashura commemorated around the world

    TEHRAN - Grief swept the world on Friday as people took to the streets of various cities to commemorate Ashura to mourn the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the esteemed third Shiite Imam and grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). In some countries like Iraq, the Day of Ashura was marked on Saturday. 

  • Tasua, Ashura mourning ceremonies held  2023-07-28 19:22

    Tasua, Ashura mourning ceremonies held 

    Mourning ceremonies were held on the ninth and tenth days of Muharram, called Tasua and Ashura, all over the country.