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The day of Ashura is the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, and it is a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Imam Hussein and his companions in the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The governor of Iraq’s Karbala province said no pilgrims will be allowed into the holy city of Karbala in the first ten days of the lunar Hijri month of Muharram.
News ID: 3472162    Publish Date : 2020/08/02

TEHRAN (IQNA) – An international conference titled “Ashura Historic Uprising in View of Sunni Muslims” is planned to be held in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
News ID: 3470122    Publish Date : 2019/12/16

TEHRAN (IQNA) – An Iranian cultural-arts group named “Hoomehr” will hold special ritual programs in Poland on the occasion of Arbaeen.
News ID: 3469682    Publish Date : 2019/10/18

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Islamic awareness and the message of Ashura were the themes of a seminar held by Imam Khomeini (RA) Memorial Trust in Kargil, India.
News ID: 3469622    Publish Date : 2019/10/09

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A scholarly seminar titled “Ashura and the Quran” was organized by a branch of the Dar-ol-Quran of the Astan (custodianship) of Imam Hussein (AS) holy shrine in Bamako, capital of Mali.
News ID: 3469476    Publish Date : 2019/09/22

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Ashura and Arbaeen are the themes of the artworks displayed at the first edition of an art exhibition in Quetta, Pakistan.
News ID: 3469415    Publish Date : 2019/09/16

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The governor of Pakistan’s Sindh province Imran Ismail said that the sacrifice of Imam Hussein (AS) teaches us not to bow before tyrants and oppressors.
News ID: 3469380    Publish Date : 2019/09/11

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The governor of Karbala province in Iraq declared three days of mourning in the province after the deaths of over 30 Shia mourners in a stampede in the holy city of Karbala on Ashura.
News ID: 3469374    Publish Date : 2019/09/11

TEHRAN (IQNA) –A Nigerian Shia group said police and security forces killed 12 of members and wounded 10 others during marches in the north of country to mark the religious commemoration of Ashura.
News ID: 3469373    Publish Date : 2019/09/11

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Sham-e Ghariban (the Evening of Strangers) refers to the evening of the 10th day of Muharram (Ashura) in Persian literature and poetry.
News ID: 3469372    Publish Date : 2019/09/11

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman expressed condolences to the Iraqi nation and government over the deaths of more than 30 pilgrims in a Tuesday stampede in the holy city of Karbala.
News ID: 3469371    Publish Date : 2019/09/11

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A walkway collapsed and set off a mass stampede in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala as hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslims marked Ashura on Tuesday.
News ID: 3469370    Publish Date : 2019/09/11

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Hundreds of thousands of Shia pilgrims from around the world have gathered in Karbala to mourn the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS).
News ID: 3469367    Publish Date : 2019/09/10

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Hezbollah Secretary General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah said on the eve of Ashura that “we are in the middle of a big battle and our camp is being besieged by the US and Israel”.
News ID: 3469366    Publish Date : 2019/09/10

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Bahraini regime forces summoned more Shia Muslim clerics for interrogation as the ruling Al Khalifa regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown ahead of Ashura.
News ID: 3469365    Publish Date : 2019/09/09

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Bahrain’s February 14 Youth Coalition, a major opposition group, called for rallies in the country on the day of Ashura.
News ID: 3469362    Publish Date : 2019/09/08

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Authorities in Kabala province in Iraq announced the province a no-fly zone for drones on Ashura.
News ID: 3469358    Publish Date : 2019/09/08

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Islamic Center of Moscow hosted a mourning ceremony on the sixth night of Muharram (September 5) ahead of the martyrdom anniversary on Imam Hussein (AS).
News ID: 3469348    Publish Date : 2019/09/07

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Manama regime has begun summoning Shia clerics to supposedly interrogate them amid the arrival of the lunar month of Muharram.
News ID: 3469341    Publish Date : 2019/09/07

TEHRAN (IQNA) –  A Sri Lankan court Sunday banned two ultra-nationalist Buddhist organizations from demonstrating against a major Shia ceremony, the first on the island since the deadly Easter Sunday suicide bombings.
News ID: 3469310    Publish Date : 2019/09/02