Karbala

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  • Rivers of mourners took to the street to respect the coffin of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution martyred in the U.S.-Israeli airstrike on Feb. 28 2026-07-10 20:53

    By Garsha Vazirian

    ‘Revenge’ and resilience dominate coverage of martyred Leader’s rites

    Largest funeral in modern history forces Western media to abandon ‘brittle Iran’ narrative

    TEHRAN — When the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, was laid to rest at the Imam Reza (AS) shrine in Mashhad on July 9, foreign news organizations had already spent an exhaustive week scrambling to report a staggering reality their corporate editorial lines never anticipated.

  • Funeral ceremony 2026-07-08 21:23

    Bay Mahmoud Ravi Nejad

    Seven decades of longing: Ayatollah Khamenei's final journey to Karbala

    TEHRAN- Wednesday's farewell ceremony for Iran's Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, was held in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, where his coffin was carried in procession around the shrine of Imam Hussein (AS). The ceremony was widely portrayed by the global media as the fulfillment of a wish that, according to accounts published by his office, had remained unfulfilled for nearly seven decades.

  • Funerel ceremony of Leader 2026-07-08 21:07

    In the loving embrace of Imam Hussein: Martyr Khamenei

    Millions of mourning Iraqis attend funeral of Iran's martyred Leader in Najaf and Karbala

    TEHRAN - In an unprecedented display of regional solidarity, deep spiritual reverence, and revolutionary resolve, millions of mourners gathered in Iraq’s holiest cities to pay their final, heartfelt respects during the historic funeral ceremonies for the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. 

  • کربلا 2026-07-08 19:47

    By Wesam Bahrani

    Why did millions of Iraqis mourn Iran's martyred leader?

    TEHRAN - In a display of grief that surpassed all expectations, Iraqis turned out in numbers far higher than anticipated to pay their final respects to the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

  • Funeral procession for Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Najaf 2026-07-08 19:28

    By Garsha Vazirian

    A historic reversal of the Ba'athist legacy unfolds under the Mesopotamian sun

    The transnational farewell to Ayatollah Khamenei and the blood-sealed alliance rooted in a shared soul

    TEHRAN — When the glass-enclosed casket draped in the Iranian flag entered Najaf, it was riding a human tide that shattered decades of geopolitical assumptions.

  • Iran’s Ilam, Iraq’s Karbala discuss joint tourism exhibition 2025-12-19 17:26

    Iran’s Ilam, Iraq’s Karbala discuss joint tourism exhibition

    TEHRAN - Iranian and Iraqi officials have reached an initial agreement to hold a joint handicrafts and tourism exhibition in Iraq, Ilam’s cultural heritage chief said, following talks between provincial authorities.

  • fatemeh 2025-11-24 17:18

    Mashhad hosting 4,000 pilgrims arriving on foot for Hazrat Fatemeh mourning

    TEHRAN - More than 2,500 pilgrims arriving on foot entered Mashhad on Sunday to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra (SA), the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Local officials expect the number of pilgrims entering the holy city on foot may reach 4,000.

  • Salehi-Amiri 2025-11-10 17:02

    Iran tourism minister meets Chinese, Iraqi counterparts at UN Tourism General Assembly

    TEHRAN — Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri met with China’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, Sun Yeli, and Iraq’s Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, Ahmed Fakak Al-Badrani, during the 26th UN Tourism General Assembly, which officially opened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday.

  • Iraq 2025-10-12 17:24

    Iran, Iraq launch new phase of tourism cooperation

    TEHRAN – Iran and Iraq have opened a new chapter in tourism cooperation with the launch of Iran’s first tourism roadshow in the country, featuring an 80-member delegation.

  • Visitors look at Erbil’s main square from a nearby citadel in Iraq 2025-10-11 18:00

    Iranians top list of pilgrimage tourists to Iraq

    TEHRAN -  Iranians remain the largest group of religious tourists visiting Iraq, particularly to the holy city of Karbala.

  • Iraq 2025-10-07 17:58

    Basra roadshow: necessity of developing tourism and border cooperation between Iran and Iraq

    TEHRAN-- Iraq roadshow was held on October 6 with the participation of more than 50 tourism and investment companies from Basra province.

  • Iraq 2025-09-23 17:25

    Iran sees tourism roadshow in Iraq as key to boosting sector, deputy minister says

    TEHRAN – Iran’s Deputy Tourism Minister Anoushirvan Mohseni-Bandpei said on Monday that a planned tourism roadshow in Iraq would play an important role in expanding different areas of tourism cooperation between the two countries.

  • roadshow 2025-09-20 17:22

    Iran, Iraq to improve ties through tourism roadshow

    TEHRAN— Iran-Iraq ties in cultural heritage, tourism and handicrafts fields are improving in spite of regional and international crises, Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Minister Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri has said.

  • Iraq 2025-08-30 16:36

    Iran seeks to expand tourism ties with Iraq

    TEHRAN – Iran aims to broaden tourism cooperation with Iraq across four sectors, a senior industry official said.

  • Alam 2025-08-24 16:43

    Isfahan, birthplace of Alam making, one of Iran's ritual crafts

    TEHRAN—Isfahan is the origin of one of Iran’s ritual crafts: Alam making. Processional Standards (Alams) are used in many parts of the Muslim world by the Shia community in processions marking the martyrdom of Imam Husain (A.S.), grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), who died at the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE.

  • Arbaeen 2025/08/16

    By Xavier Villar 

    Iran and Arbaeen: Memory, resistance, and legitimacy in motion

    MADRID – Arbaeen, the pilgrimage that each year brings together millions of people on the road to Karbala, has transcended any reading reduced to mere ritual to become the core of a political and historical-discursive pedagogy central to 21st-century Islam. 

  • Arbaeen 2025-08-15 20:18

    By Fatemeh Jahanbakhsh

    The common language of Arbaeen pilgrims is tears

    Karbala—An eighty-year-old woman sits beneath a bridge, her face deeply lined with wrinkles, an Arabic beauty mark between her brows, strands of white hair peeking from beneath her scarf, and a pair of round glasses perched on her nose. Amid the sea of people, you’d have to look closely to spot her, sitting with a tray of dates on a small stool, waiting to meet your gaze. 

  • Karbala 2025-08-15 20:10

    By Wesam Bahrani 

    Arbaeen: A sociopolitical symbol of resistance

    TEHRAN – For many outside the region, Arbaeen is unfamiliar. It often surfaces unexpectedly while scrolling through headlines about West Asia accompanied by striking images of massive crowds walking toward Iraqi cities. 

  • File photo depicts Shia Muslim pilgrims marching toward the holy city of Karbala, ahead of the Arbaeen religious ceremony. Each year, pilgrims converge in large numbers to the holy Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala ahead of Arbaeen, which marks the 40th day after Ashura, commemorating the seventh century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Imam Hussein (AS). 2025-08-09 17:38

    Over 2.6 million Arbaeen pilgrims exit Iran via land borders; Mehran most crowded

    TEHRAN – More than 2.6 million pilgrims crossed Iran’s six land borders to enter Iraq for Arbaeen between July 26 and August 8, Iranian road management officials reported on Saturday.