Imam Reza holy shrine’s servants have held traditional ceremony of Sala on the first day of Muharram, inviting people to mourn for Imam Hossein (AS) and his family.
Imam Reza holy shrine hosts thousands of infants and their mothers from around the country in the special ceremony of Hosseini infants on first Friday of Muharram to remember 6-month-old infant son of Imam Hussein (AS), Hazrat Ali Asghar (AS), who was mercilessly killed on the day of Ashura in the battle of Karbala in the year 680 AD.
The Deputy Office for International Affairs of Imam Reza shrine has examined opportunities and capacities for cultural exchanges in the southern African country of Zimbabwe.
Imam Reza shrine in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad has been covered in black to mark the start of mourning month of Muharram (1st month on the lunar calendar).
