TEHRAN (IQNA) – Mourning ceremonies were held in cities and towns across Iran, including the holy city of Mashhad, on Sunday to mark Ashura, the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions.
News ID: 3464052 Publish Date : 2017/10/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Bahraini regime forces attacked dozens of Shia Muslims commemorating the occasion of Ashura, which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam, as the Al Khalifa regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown against peaceful protesters.
News ID: 3464051 Publish Date : 2017/10/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Lebanese Shia Muslims on Sunday marched in streets in a Beirut suburb to mark Ashura.
News ID: 3464049 Publish Date : 2017/10/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pakistani National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq urged the nation to rise above parochial differences, narrow mindedness, sectarianism, ethnicity and maintain harmony, unity and brotherhood in the ranks in accordance with golden principles of Islam and follow the path of Imam Hussein (AS).
News ID: 3464047 Publish Date : 2017/10/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Muslims, especially Shias, around the world on Sunday staged mourning ceremonies in commemoration of Ashura.
News ID: 3464044 Publish Date : 2017/10/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iraq’s interior ministry said a plot by a Daesh terrorist cell to carry out an attack in the holy city of Kadhimiya on the day of Ashura has bene foiled.
News ID: 3464039 Publish Date : 2017/09/30
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Several million Shia pilgrims have converged on the holy city of Karbala in Iraq to mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS).
News ID: 3464038 Publish Date : 2017/09/30
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Afghan capital Kabul braced on Saturday for further possible attacks ahead of Ashura, a day after an attack claimed by Daesh that killed at least five people near a large Shia mosque.
News ID: 3464037 Publish Date : 2017/09/30
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A conference titled ‘Muhsen of Humanity’ was held in Multan, Pakistan earlier this week with the participation of Shia and Sunni scholars.
News ID: 3464028 Publish Date : 2017/09/27
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The 680 AD Battle of Karbala in which Imam Hussein (AS) and his faithful companions sacrificed their lives for the sake of the truth and justice, has been a source of inspiration throughout history.
News ID: 3464022 Publish Date : 2017/09/26
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A senior Lebanese Sunni scholar underlined that the uprising of Imam Hussein (AS) against the tyranny of Yazid was based on the teachings of the Quran and Islam.
News ID: 3463984 Publish Date : 2017/09/23
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Ceremonies to commemorate Hazrat Ali Asghar (AS) will be organized in Iran and 41 other countries this Friday.
News ID: 3463965 Publish Date : 2017/09/20
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Iranian Cultural Center in Georgia mounted a photo exhibition on the occasion of Arbaeen (the 40th day after the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) and his household) in Marneuli, a city in south of Georgia.
News ID: 3461496 Publish Date : 2016/11/23
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An exhibition has been mounted in Tehran to showcase artworks by a number of Iranian, Iraqi and Lebanese artists featuring Ashura.
News ID: 3461319 Publish Date : 2016/11/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A conference on Ashura was organized on October 30 in Vienna, Austria.
News ID: 3461307 Publish Date : 2016/11/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Nigerian Army and Nigerian Police forces opened fire at Shia mourners taking part in Ashura processions, killing at least nine people in the cities of Kaduna and Funtua.
News ID: 3461144 Publish Date : 2016/10/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Millions of Shia Muslims in Iran and other parts of the world are commemorating Ashura, which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam.
News ID: 3461143 Publish Date : 2016/10/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Some 142,000 foreign pilgrims have arrived in Iraq to attend Ashura mourning ceremonies in the holy city of Karbala, an official said.
News ID: 3461139 Publish Date : 2016/10/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pumping their clenched fists, the crowd in a Dearborn park chanted Sunday in support of the grandson of Islam's prophet, Imam Hussain [AS]:"Labayka ya Hussain," they declared in Arabic, which means "We're with you, oh Hussain."
News ID: 3461137 Publish Date : 2016/10/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei attended a mourning ceremony at the Imam Khomeini Husseiniyeh (religious center) in Tehran on Saturday night.
News ID: 3461126 Publish Date : 2016/10/09
