Arbaeen

  • Arbaeen Remnants Walk is a public event of a procession that is held on Arbaeen day in different cities of Iran. In this program, some people who have not been able to participate in the Arbaeen walk in Iraq will walk along certain routes and usually with the destination of placing a religious place (such as the tomb of one of the Imams) in their cities. The main walking route of Arbaeen survivors in Tehran was between Imam Hossein square and Abdul Azim shrine in Ray city.

  • Arbaeen Remnants Walk is a public event of a procession that is held on Arbaeen day in different cities of Iran. In this program, some people who have not been able to participate in the Arbaeen walk in Iraq will walk along certain routes and usually with the destination of placing a religious place (such as the tomb of one of the Imams) in their cities. The main walking route of Arbaeen survivors in Tehran was between Imam Hossein square and Abdul Azim shrine in Ray city.

  • TEHRAN.(HONARONLINE) – A collection of photos of this year’s Arbaeen march taken by Iranian photojournalists will be showcased in an exhibition scheduled to open today at Tehran’s Arsabaran Cultural Center.

  • A huge crowd of people in Tehran took part in a procession on Tuesday morning in commemoration of Arbaeen, marking forty days after the martyrdom anniversary of the Third Shia Imam Hossein (AS). Since a couple of years ago, Tehran residents, calling themselves those “left behind” (for not having had the opportunity to take part in the annual Arbaeen march to Iraq), walk long distances from different parts of Tehran to Rey on this day.

  • Millions of Shia pilgrims converged on the holy city of Kerbala for the Arbaeen religious commemoration on Tuesday, the largest annual gathering of people anywhere on earth. Walking in long columns stretching back unbroken for as much as 50 miles, sleeping and eating in tents erected by supporters beside the road, the event has become an overwhelmingly powerful display of Shia belief and solidarity. The Arbaeen Pilgrimage is the world's largest public gathering that is held every year in Karbala, Iraq at the end of the 40-day mourning period following Ashura, the religious ritual for the commemoration of martyrdom of the grandson of Prophet Mohammad and the Third Shia Imam, Hossein ibn Ali's in 680.

  • TEHRAN. (HONARONLINE) – Mcgill University in Montreal has hosted an exhibition of photos, putting a spotlight on the religious ritual of Arbaeen, which is observed at the end of the 40-day mourning period following the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) and his loyal companions on Ashura.