Arba'een

Arbaeen Walk: The latest news and views about Arba’een, the fortieth day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shiite Imam.

Foreign Policy

Iran extends condolences over deaths of 28 Pakistani pilgrims in bus accident in Yazd

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Iran’s first vice president has offered his condolences over the deaths of at least 28 Pakistani pilgrims heading to the Iraqi holy city of Karbala for Arbaeen pilgrimage in a bus crash in the central Iranian province of Yazd on Tuesday night.
Religion

Arbaeen pilgrims brave 47-degree heat

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Arbaeen pilgrims are enduring intense heat, reaching 47 degrees Celsius, as they walk from Najaf to Karbala in Iraq.
Security

Iran military commander thanks Iraqi armed forces, Hashd al-Sha’abi for Arbaeen security

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Chairman of the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri has expressed his gratitude to the head of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Unit (PMU), known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, and the Chief of the Joint Staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces for providing security for the Arbaeen march.
Religion

Huge crowd commemorates Arbaeen in Tehran

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A large crowd of black-clad mourners, who couldn’t make it to this year’s Arbaeen walk towards Karbala, held a rally in the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday to mark the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, the third Shia Imam.
Religion

Iran: 4mn pilgrims depart for Iraq’s Karbala for Arbaeen rituals

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Iran’s Interior Minister said nearly 4 million pilgrims have left Iran to visit Karbala in neighboring Iraq, with over 2.3 million having already returned.
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Iranian Pilgrims on Arbaeen march in Iraq

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Pilgrims taking part in the Arbaeen march are now in Iraq heading toward holy shrines in the cities of Najaf, Kadhimiya and Karbala. Arbaeen marks 40 days after the martyrdom of Imam Hossein, the third Shia Imam, and his companions.
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Arbaeen pilgrims get rest at Iran-Iraq border

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Pilgrims of Arbaeen, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, the third Shia Imam, get rest for a few hours on their way at Shalamcheh terminal, on Iran-Iraq border, before continuing with their journey towards the holy shrine city of Karbala.
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Arbaeen pilgrims cross Iran-Iraq border at night to dodge scorching heat

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As the Arbaeen, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, the third Shia Imam, is approaching, a massive number of pilgrims from Iran brave the sizzling hot weather to cross the Shalamcheh border to Iraq every day.
Security

Intelligence minister: Iran foils major terrorist attempt on Arbaeen

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About 200 terrorists had infiltrated into Iran to carry out attacks during Arbaeen ceremonies that mark the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia Imam, but Iranian security and intelligence forces defused the scheme, intelligence minister says.
Security

Iran and Iraq to set up security posts for Arbaeen march

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Iran and Iraq have agreed to set up joint security posts on their border to control Arbaeen march. That’s according to the Iraqi interior Minister Abdul Amir Al-Shammari.
Religion

Iranians hold huge gatherings on Arbaeen

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This year, Iranians who missed the Arbaeen march toward Imam Hussein’s shrine in the Iraqi city of Karbala, held their own walk from Tehran’s Imam Hossein Square to the Abdol Azim Hassani shrine in Shahre Ray on the outskirt of the Iranian capital.
Local

Daily: Arbaeen preparation a test for Raisi administration

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The ‘messy’ preparation for Iranian pilgrims to embark on the million-man Arbaeen walk in neighboring Iraq is a giveaway of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi administration’s performance a year into office, a left-leaning newspaper argues.
Local

Iranian interior minister: One fourth of Arbaeen pilgrims have returned home

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Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi says a fourth of the Iranian Arbaeen pilgrims have returned to the country from Iraq.
Incidents

Four more Iranian pilgrims die in vehicle accident in Iraq

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Four Iranian pilgrims lose their lives as the van carrying them flips over on a road in the Iraqi province of Hillah, bringing the fatalities among Iranian nationals on Arba’een pilgrimage in the Arab country to 13.
Local

Parliament top health official slams govt. handling of Arbaeen pilgrimage

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The chair of the Iranian parliament’s health commission has criticized the government for failing to provide the necessary infrastructure for the travel of five million nationals, who were planned to head to Iraq for Arbaeen march.
Security

Iran-Iraq border crossing to remain closed as millions go to Iraq for Arbaeen

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Iran’s interior minister says the Khosravi crossing on the border with Iraq will not accept any Arbaeen pilgrims until further notice.
Religion

Iran pilgrims returning home prior to Arbaeen as Iraq struggles with congestion

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Iranians are ending their Arba’een pilgrimage early and returning home from Iraq as the neighboring Arab country is struggling with millions of pilgrims who arrived there from around the world over the last few days for the mourning rituals.
Religion

9 Iranian pilgrims die in Iraq ahead of Arbaeen

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The head of Iran's Red Crescent Society has said 9 Iranian pilgrims have died in the Iraqi city of Karbala where they have converged to mark Arbaeen, the 40th day after Ashura, the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH).
Religion

Iran borders with Iraq closed

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All Iranian borders with Iraq have been closed until further notice due to congestion days before the Arbaeen religious ceremony, an Iranian official announced on Friday.
Religion

Iranian interior minister in talks with Iraqi officials ahead of Arbaeen

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Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has held meetings with Iraqi officials in Baghdad to explore ways of facilitating the Arbaeen ceremonies in which millions of people participate including many from Iran.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s interior minister in Iraq for talks ahead of Arba’een pilgrimage

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Iran’s interior minister is on an official visit to Iraq, which is hosting the massive Arba’een walk and pilgrimage joined by millions of Shia Muslims from Iran and elsewhere in the world.
Religion

Official: Pilgrims holding emergency passports can easily enter Iraq from Iran

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The governor of Iran’s western Ilam Province says necessary arrangements have been made to enable the pilgrims holding emergency passports to cross the border into Iraq, and there is currently no issue facing their journey.
Religion

Iranian families host pilgrims of Arbaeen walk

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A convoy of the lovers of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam, from all provinces across Iran is moving on the Bandar Imam Khomeini route towards the city of Shalamcheh on the border with Iraq.
Transportation

Tehran-Karbala train to start next week

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Pilgrims of the Iraqi holy city of Karbala can travel from the Iranian capital Tehran via train from next week, the Iranian railway transportation company said.
Religion

‘Over 6,000 pilgrims entering Iraq from Iran’s Mehran border crossing daily’

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An Iranian official says over 6,000 pilgrims are currently entering Iraq from Iran’s western Mehran border crossing on a daily basis, as the neighboring country is preparing to host a large Shia mourning ceremony in a few weeks.
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