procession Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/procession/ Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:10:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://irannewsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-iranlogo-32x32.png procession Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/procession/ 32 32 Routes to Karbala Packed with Pilgrims ahead of Arbaeen https://irannewsdaily.com/2017/11/routes-to-karbala-packed-with-pilgrims-ahead-of-arbaeen/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2017/11/routes-to-karbala-packed-with-pilgrims-ahead-of-arbaeen/#respond Thu, 09 Nov 2017 06:45:31 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=14394 TEHRAN  – As the annual congregation of Shiite Muslims in commemoration of Arbaeen, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), is reaching its climax, thousands of Iranians are crossing the border every hour to reach the Iraqi city of Karbala. Iraq has so far granted around 2.5 million Iranian applicants visas […]

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TEHRAN  – As the annual congregation of Shiite Muslims in commemoration of Arbaeen, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), is reaching its climax, thousands of Iranians are crossing the border every hour to reach the Iraqi city of Karbala.

Iraq has so far granted around 2.5 million Iranian applicants visas for going on pilgrimage to the Arab country to perform mourning rituals marking Arbaeen.

The routes to Karbala, where the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) is located, are packed with pedestrians from around the world.

During a visit to Chazzabeh border crossing in southwest of Iran on Tuesday evening, a local police commander said more than 1.2 million Iranians had until then crossed the border only from the province of Khuzestan.

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