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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) – 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

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A senior Iraqi cleric slammed the decision by Egyptian authorities to close down the Imam Hussein (AS) mosque in Cairo on the day of Ashura.
News ID: 3461117    Publish Date : 2016/10/08

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Secretary General of Hezbollah resistance movement Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said the resistance against Takfiri terrorists has been inspired by Imam Hussein (AS) uprising in Ashura.
News ID: 3461076    Publish Date : 2016/10/03

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A conference on Ashura is planned to be held in Vienna Austria this weekend.
News ID: 3447049    Publish Date : 2015/11/11

TEHRAN (IQNA) – People in Bahrain took to the streets in several streets to express solidarity with senior cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr, who has been jailed by the Saudi regime for over three years.
News ID: 3433535    Publish Date : 2015/11/02