In a spiritual ceremony held at the Imam Reza shrine, municipal workers from Mashhad gathered to seek permission from the 8th Shia Imam to serve pilgrims of Imam Hussein during Arbaeen. The event featured speeches by shrine official Mohsen Davari and Mashhad mayor Mohammadreza Ghalandar Sharif, and marked 'Permission Ceremony' - a symbolic beginning of their service mission to Iraq.