Muharram Mourning Ceremony Held in Presence of Ayatollah Khamenei

IQNA – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei attended a mourning ceremony on the 8th night of the lunar Hijri month of Muharram.

It was organized at the Imam Khomeini (RA) Husseiniya (religious center) in Tehran on Saturday night. 

A number of senior political and military officials as well as people from different walks of life were also present at the event.

Addressing the ceremony, senior cleric Hojat-ol-Islam Tabatabaeinejad highlighted the message of the uprising of Imam Hussein (AS) and different aspects of the movement

Also, elegist Seyed Majid Banifatemeh recited elegies in mourning of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) and his family members and companions, especially his son Hazrat Ali Akbar (AS).

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 Muawiya, in the battle of Karbala on the tenth day of Muharram (known as Ashura) in the year 680 AD.

Ashura falls on Tuesday, July 16, this year.

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