Leader Attends Muharram Mourning Ceremony
The ceremony was held Wednesday night at the Imam Khomeini (RA) Husseiniya (religious center) in Tehran.
It was not attended by people unlike previous years due to the health recommendations to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Addressing the event, senior cleric Hojat-ol-Islam Kazem Sediqi highlighted the message of the uprising of Imam Hussein (AS).
Also, Hojat-ol-Islam Morteza Vafi recited elegies in mourning of Imam Hussein (AS) martyrdom.
Shia Muslims around the world mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS), the Sayyid-ul-Shuhada (master of martyrs), in Muharram, the first month in the lunar Hijri calendar (began Friday).
The third Shia Imam (AS) and a small group of his followers and family members were martyred by the tyrant of his time - Yazid Bin Moaweya, in the battle of Karbala on the tenth day of Muharram (known as Ashura) in the year 680 AD.
