Iraq Steps Up Security Measures in Muharram
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Security has been beefed up in Iraq with the arrival of the mourning month of Muharram.
Iraqi Interior Minister Yassin al-Yasseri has ordered enhanced security measures to ensure the security of mourning ceremonies in the country.
Muharram is the first month in the lunar Hijri calendar.
Shia Muslims, and others in different parts of the world, hold ceremonies every year in the month of Muharram to mourn the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions.
The third Shia Imam (AS) and a small group of his followers and family members were martyred by the tyrant of his time - Yazid Bin Moaweya, in the battle of Karbala on the tenth day of Muharram (known as Ashura) in the year 680 AD.
This year, Muharram began on Sunday, September 1.
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