Thursday, 19 August 2021 (YJC)_ The secretary general of Hezbollah in Lebanon said: "Iran has never interfered in the formation of any government in Lebanon and has not prevented it."
TEHRAN, September 20 - Millions of Iranians hold mourning processions across the country on Ashura, which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam.
TEHRAN, YJC. Nakhl-gardani is a rite for the remembrance of Imam Hussain’s martyrdom. A huge wooden structure, covered with black cloth, is carried around town as a representation of the Imam’s body which took 40 days before it was brought back to Kerbala and burreid.
Thousands of Shiite Muslims marched peacefully from Hyde Park to the Botanic Gardens to mark Ashura - the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar.
Tehran, YJC. Khorramabad, Luristan is famous for its idiosyncratic rite of dipping oneself in or rubbing mud on oneself as an expression of sorrow on mourning occasions. The rite finds special utterance in the annual observation of Ashoura.