Iran marks anniversary of assassination of Rajaei, Bahonar

Iran has marked the anniversary of the 1981 assassination of then president Mohammad Ali Rajaei and former prime minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar.

Mourning ceremonies being held to mark Ashura worldwide

Ashura is the culmination of a 10-day annual mourning period in the lunar calendar month of Muharram for Imam Hussein (AS), who was martyred along with his 72 companions in the Battle of Karbala in southern Iraq in 680 AD after fighting courageously for justice against the much larger army of the Umayyad caliph, Yazid.

Iranian mourners commemorate Tasu’a

Tasu’a, in the Islamic lunar calendar refers to the ninth day of Muharram, a day before Ashura when Imam Hussein (AS), a grandson of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him), and his 72 companions were martyred in the Battle of Karbala. Iranian mourners commemorate Tasu’a, on the eve of Ashura, the day marking the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia Imam, under strict health measures imposed to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Imam Khomeini ’s role was also central in shaping the new political order that emerged from the ...

Muharram rituals organizers threatened by Bahraini authorities

In 680 AD, on Ashoura- the tenth day of the holy month of Muharram- Husain Ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the third Imam of Shia Muslims, was martyred in the desert of Karbala, located in contemporary Iraq.

Imam Khomeini conveyed his message from Neauphel-le Chateau on world stage

Neauphel-le Chateau a village in Paris outskirt, as Imam’s residence, changed into one of the most important centers of news making in the world

Iraq's religious and political leader Seyyed ‘Ammar Hakim pays respect to Imam Khomeini

The chain of events that ended in February 1979 with the overthrow of the Pahlavi regime