Arbaeen pilgrimage

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  • Mehran crossing 2022-09-23 20:30

    Over two million Arbaeen pilgrims pass Mehran border

    TEHRAN – Mehran crossing on the Iran-Iraq border has seen over two million pilgrims during the Arbaeen pilgrimage.

  • Iran-Iraq red crescent cooperation continuous, permanent 2022-09-18 18:10

    Iran-Iraq red crescent cooperation continuous, permanent

    TEHRAN – Cooperation between the red crescent societies of Iran and Iraq is continuous and permanent, president of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society Yassen Al-Mamouri said in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Pirhossein Kolivand.

  • Families go on Arbaeen pilgrimage 2022-09-11 20:00

    Families go on Arbaeen pilgrimage

    Every year, families embark on walking between the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala to mark Arbaeen, 40 days after Ashura, the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS).

  • Huge crowd flocking for Arbaeen pilgrimage 2022-09-10 19:40

    Huge crowd flocking for Arbaeen pilgrimage

    A huge crowd of people is flocking in the holy city of Karbala, where the shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) is located, to perform Arbaeen rituals.

  • اربعین خانوادگی 2022-09-09 10:09

    Iran closes borders on Arbaeen pilgrims for health, security concerns

    TEHRAN – All border crossings leading to Iraq have been closed on Arbaeen pilgrims due to the worrying situation of health and security inside Iraq.

  • Arbaeen pilgrimage helpful in promoting Iran’s medical experience: health minister 2022-09-06 20:00

    Arbaeen pilgrimage helpful in promoting Iran’s medical experience: health minister

    TEHRAN – Health Minister Bahram Einollahi has said the Arbaeen pilgrimage will be very helpful in promoting Iran’s medical experience to the neighboring countries.

  • Students heading to Arbaeen pilgrimage 2022-09-06 11:11

    Students heading to Arbaeen pilgrimage

    TEHRAN – A large group of students in the holy city of Mashhad are being prepared to be sent to the Arbaeen pilgrimage.

  • Tehran-Karbala rail service 2022-09-05 19:50

    Tehran-Karbala rail service operating until yearend

    TEHRAN–The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways plans to continue operating the Tehran-Karbala passenger train service until the end of the current Iranian year 1401 (ends in March 2023).

  • 8 field hospitals, 2,000 medical teams to serve Arbaeen pilgrims 2022-09-04 17:35

    8 field hospitals, 2,000 medical teams to serve Arbaeen pilgrims

    TEHRAN – Health Minister Bahram Einollahi said on Sunday that eight field hospitals have been established and 2,000 health teams have been dispatched to provide healthcare services to Arbaeen pilgrims at the borders.

  • IRCS forces dispatched to Iraq for Arbaeen 2022-08-28 19:57

    IRCS forces dispatched to Iraq for Arbaeen

    TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) dispatched a total of 44,000 rescuers and medical staff to provide services for the Arbaeen pilgrims.

  • Tehran to host intl. congress on Health in Arbaeen 2022-08-19 16:36

    Tehran to host intl. congress on Health in Arbaeen

    TEHRAN – The first international congress on "Health in Arbaeen" will be held in Tehran on August 27.

  • Tehran to host int. conference on Arbaeen pilgrimage 2022-08-09 18:48

    Tehran to host intl. conference on Arbaeen pilgrimage

    TEHRAN – The fifth international conference on the Arbaeen pilgrimage will be held in Tehran on August 23.

  • Tehran municipality approves $11m for Arbaeen 2022-07-31 18:09

    Tehran municipality approves $11m for Arbaeen

    TEHRAN – A total of 300 billion rials (nearly $11 million) has been approved for the Arbaeen pilgrimage by the municipality of Tehran, Mehdi Chamran, chairman of Tehran City Council, has announced.

  • ‘Pilgrims who lost Arbaeen’ march in Tehran 2021-09-27 17:02

    ‘Pilgrims who lost Arbaeen’ march in Tehran

    People, who lost the massive Arbaeen pilgrimage toward Karbala, stage a march on Monday from Tehran’s Imam Hussein Sq. to the holy shrine of Shah Abdol Azim in Rey to commemorate the religious occasion. The trekking is practiced in every Iranian city where the faithful for any reason are not able to join the annual pilgrimage towards the shrine of Imam Hussein (AS), who was martyred in the battle of Karbala in 680 CE.

  • Arbaeen Pilgrimage 2021-09-27 00:40

    By Myles Hoenig 

    The tables are turning against the U.S. presence in West Asia 

    TEHRAN- It’s always gratifying to see the bully being beaten, getting his comeuppance, or stood up to by those he has been harassing, humiliating, hurting, intimidating for so long. Sometimes that’s all it takes. The most aggressive bully in West Asia and much of the world is the United States. It goes where it wants and does what it pleases.

  • Medical emergency measures for Arbaeen pilgrims 2021-09-24 17:22

    Medical emergency measures for Arbaeen pilgrims

    TEHRAN – Since Wednesday, Medical Emergency Organization has performed 1,227 COVID-19 tests at the border of Mehran, to serve the pilgrims of Arbaeen, ILNA reported on Thursday.

  • Iran and Iraq agree to ease visa restrictions 2021-09-13 18:36

    Iran and Iraq agree to ease visa restrictions

    TEHRAN - Iran and Iraq have agreed to ease tough visa restrictions, Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi announced on Sunday, as a step forward in broadening bilateral relations.

  • Arbaeen 2020-10-06 22:52

    Toward Hussein (AS)

    TEHRAN – Despite the travel restrictions imposed following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Iran and Iraq, the Iranian people made preparations to commemorate the Day of Arbaeen alongside their Iraqi coreligionists through online campaigns, a move that highlighted the deep impacts past years’ Arbaeen had on the people across the border.

  • Iran, Iraq mulling to hold Arbaeen rituals online 2020-09-12 11:57

    Iran, Iraq mulling to hold Arbaeen rituals online

    TEHRAN – Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki and his Iraqi counterpart Hassan Al-Tamimi discussed the formation of a joint committee to hold Arbaeen rituals virtually this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.