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Iranpress: Iraq caps Arbaeen foreign pilgrim numbers at 40,000

Iraq caps Arbaeen foreign pilgrim numbers at 40,000

Monday, 06 September 2021 00:57

Iraq will allow only 40,000 foreigners, 30,000 from Iran, to attend the Arbaeen pilgrimage later this month in the Shiite shrine city of Karbala, authorities said Sunday, due to the pandemic.

Iranpress: Iran, Iraq to set up pilgrimage tour guide training center in Najaf

Iran, Iraq to set up pilgrimage tour guide training center in Najaf

Tuesday, 13 April 2021 10:25

Tehran (IP) - The Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare of Iran announced that the country would launch a pilgrimage tour guide training center with Iraq in the holy city of Najaf to improve the level of pilgrims reception.

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Iran's judiciary Chief: Iranian, Iraqi nation relation are inseparable

Thursday, 11 February 2021 22:11

Baghdad (IP) - The Islamic Republic of Iran's Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi described the relationship between the nations of Iran and Iraq as inseparable.

Iranpress: Arbaeen March epic not limited to specific geography: Official

Arbaeen March epic not limited to specific geography: Official

Saturday, 30 January 2021 18:28

Tehran (IP) - The advisor of IRIB head and director-general of international affairs said that the Arbaeen March was not limited to specific geography, and the lovers of Imam Hussain (AS) all over the world participate in this epic.

Iranpress: Millions march to Karbala by foot to pay tributes to Imam Hossein

Millions march to Karbala by foot to pay tributes to Imam Hossein

Thursday, 26 November 2020 10:54

Tehran(IP)- Braving intense heat, sand storms, millions of Shia Muslims from all walks of life from various corners of the world have gathered at one place by foot to pay their tributes to Imam Hossein (Peace be upon him) the third infallible Shia Imam.

Iranpress: The First International Festival with the theme of the Arbaeen

The First International Festival with the theme of the Arbaeen

Tuesday, 24 November 2020 16:00

Tehran (IP) - International Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting will hold the First International Festival with the theme of the Arbaeen

Iranpress: Large number of Arbaeen pilgrims attend rituals in Karbala

Large number of Arbaeen pilgrims attend rituals in Karbala

Thursday, 08 October 2020 18:50

Karbala (IP) - Arbaeen mourning rituals were held in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Thursday in the presence of a large number of Iraqi pilgrims and a number of non-Iraqi pilgrims.

Iranpress: Iranians in the capital mark Arbaeen observing health protocols

Iranians in the capital mark Arbaeen observing health protocols

Thursday, 08 October 2020 15:47

Tehran (IP) - Under the shadow of the coronavirus outbreak, the people of Tehran marked Arbaeen. Restrictions of the pandemic have prevented Iranian pilgrims from traveling to Karbala to participate in Arbaeen processions like past years. Arb'aeen is the commemoration of the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) in the battle of Karbala in 61 AH (680 CE) against the tyrant of time Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan. 214/205

Iranpress: What is the day of Arbaeen?

What is the day of Arbaeen?

Wednesday, 07 October 2020 21:53

Arbaeen is an important ritual forty days after the Day of Ashura, which Shiites commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH) and 71 of his companions in the Battle of Karbala in 61 AH (680 CE) by Yazid, the tyrant ruler of that time. 214/205

Iranpress: People to observe Arbaeen rituals at home due to coronavirus

People to observe Arbaeen rituals at home due to coronavirus

Tuesday, 06 October 2020 15:49

Iranian and Muslim people who each year pay their devotion to Imam Hussein (AS) by participating in Arbaeen March, this year will observe the ritual at home due to the spread of the coronavirus. 207/201

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