Iran Press/Iran news: The ceremony was held at Imam Khomeini's Hosseinie marking the day before the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) on Ashura day or the 10th of Muharram.
The ceremony, attended by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, will continue until Saturday night (Mordad 7).
Shia Muslims hold mourning ceremonies during the first 10 days of Muharram to remember Imam Hossein (AS) and his 72 companions, who were all martyred after fighting thousands of soldiers of the ruling tyrant of the time, caliph Yazid I in Iraq's Karbala desert in 680 AD.
Tasoua and Ashoura mark the climax of the Remembrance of Muharram, marking the death of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)'s grandson, the revered Imam Hossein (PBUH) in the Battle of Karbala, in modern-day Iraq 1,300 years ago.
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