Posts Tagged ‘arbaeen’

Al-Manar Exclusive: Thousands of Lebanese Mourners Take the Journey of Arbaeen

September 6, 2023 Areej Fatima Al-Husseini Thousands of mourners arrived at Sayyeda Khawla (AS) Shrine in Baalbek early this morning to commemorate Imam Hussein’s (AS) Arbaeen. Pilgrims had begun to march on foot from the northern, western, eastern, and central Bekaa Valley, while others reported that they started marching from the southern suburbs of Beirut, […]

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. A total of 2,762,000 Iranian and foreign Arbaeen pilgrims have crossed the Iran-Iraq border at Mehran, western Ilam province, the provincial tourism chief has said. Of the number, some 1,496,632 pilgrims traveled to Iraq through the Mehran […]

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. A total of 2,762,000 Iranian and foreign Arbaeen pilgrims have crossed the Iran-Iraq border at Mehran, western Ilam province, the provincial tourism chief has said. Of the number, some 1,496,632 pilgrims traveled to Iraq through the Mehran […]

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. A total of 2,762,000 Iranian and foreign Arbaeen pilgrims have crossed the Iran-Iraq border at Mehran, western Ilam province, the provincial tourism chief has said. Of the number, some 1,496,632 pilgrims traveled to Iraq through the Mehran […]

Iran thanks Iraq for warmly hosting Arbaeen pilgrims

TEHRAN — Iran and Iraq’s history is filled with many affinities. Even the 1980-1988 war couldn’t cut the cords between the two friendly neighbors. The Iraqis have shown once again that they are true friends of Iran with their exceptional hosting of Arbaeen pilgrims. In a message issued on Tuesday, Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi […]

Iran closes borders on Arbaeen pilgrims on 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. In the wake of worrying incidents that happened at the Shalamcheh and Mehran borders and serious threats to the health and security of the pilgrims, high-ranking officials decided to close […]

Arbaeen ritual: ten Iranian airports to operate flights to Iraq

TEHRAN—Iran has prepared the required infrastructure to operate flights to Iraq for the religious Arbaeen ritual from 10 airports across the country. The government has implemented other numerous measures to facilitate Iranian pilgrims’ participation in the ceremonies, the government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi said on Tuesday. Furthermore, he listed a number of such measures as […]

Tens of thousands mark Shi’ite Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq amid COVID fears

Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved

Photos: Arbaeen Pilgrimage: Religious trek to Karbala

Tasnim – The annual congregation of Shia Muslims in commemoration of Arbaeen, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), is reaching its climax as millions of pedestrians walk to the Iraqi city of Karbala, which hosts the shrine of the revered imam.     Source Article from http://theiranproject.com/blog/2017/11/05/photos-arbaeen-pilgrimage-religious-trek-karbala/

2.3 million Iranians get Iraqi visa for Arbaeen: Official

Tasnim– Iraq has so far granted more than 2.3 million Iranian applicants visas for going on pilgrimage to the Arab country to perform mourning rituals marking Arbaeen, an Iranian official announced. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency in Iran’s western city of Kermanshah on Sunday, Shahriar Heidari, spokesperson for a headquarters handling the Arbaeen travels, […]

Photos: High number of Iranian pilgrims enter Iraq ahead of Arbaeen

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 31 Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday, October 31, and picked headlines… Source Article from http://theiranproject.com/blog/2017/10/31/photos-high-number-iranian-pilgrims-enter-iraq-ahead-arbaeen/

Iran to dispatch English, Arabic-speaking clerics to Arbaeen congregation

Tasnim– More than 100 Iranian clergymen, fluent in English and Arabic, will travel to Iraq to preach to large crowds of pilgrims performing religious rituals during Arbaeen in commemoration of Imam Hussein (AS), an official said. Speaking to Tasnim, secretary of the society of preachers said the young English and Arabic-speaking clerics are planned to […]

Iran, Iraq weigh plans to facilitate Arbaeen pilgrimage

Tasnim – Officials from Iran and Iraq explored avenues in a meeting in Tehran to simplify travel for the many Iranian pilgrims going to the Arab country every year on Arbaeen, a major Shiite occasion marking the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussain (AS). In a meeting at Iran’s Interior Ministry on […]

Americans and Israelis surrender to the Iranian Shrewdness

Alwaght- For the last three and half decades, the Zionist regime has been benefiting from the American strategic, security, political, military and economic cooperation. Recently the consensus exchange of roles between the two parties has been damaged after the Netanyahu’s naïve attitude.  Netanyahu who has been struggling to the win the tight elections in Zionist […]

Female shooter in California pledged allegiance to Daesh

The female shooter involved in this week’s killing spree in California had pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Daesh terrorist group, according to three US officials familiar with the investigation. Tashfeen Malik, 27, and her husband Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, stormed a holiday party in San Bernardino, California on Wednesday, killing […]

‘Allah took their sanity’: Putin accuses Turkish leadership of ‘aiding terror’

From: rt.com Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed out at “part of the leadership in Turkey” during his annual address to the parliament, accusing Ankara of having trade ties with terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq. He also promised more sanctions for Turkey over downing of the Russian jet. Putin said Russia […]

Leader’s letter, deep analysis of global terrorism’s roots: Canadian scholar

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A former Canadian university professor described Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s second open letter to the youth in the West as a “deep analysis of the psychological and geopolitical roots of global terrorism.” In a message posted on his Facebook page on Tuesday, Denis Rancourt wrote, “Although […]

Technip eyes strong presence in Iran oil projects

TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (Shana) – The French energy industry company Technip said it is hopeful to have a strong partnership in Iran’s new oil development projects. “Technip had successful projects in Iran. We hope to continue our activities after betterment of international conditions,” the firm’s regional director, Shahram Motevaselian told Shana on the sidelines of […]

Ayatollah Sistani sends message to Saudi Arabia over cleric

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, a prominent Shiite cleric based in Iraq, has sent a message to Saudi officials urging them to stop the execution of political prisoners and release Sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr and other political prisoners, according to Muhammad al-Nimr, the brother of the Saudi cleric who has been sentenced to death. Muhammad al-Nimr […]

Velayati heads delegation to Beirut

Beirut, Nov. 30, IRNA – Advisor to the Supreme Leader for International Affairs Ali Akbar Velayati arrived in Beirut from Damascus heading a delegation to discuss issues of mutual interests with Lebanese officials. Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdullahian is accompanying Velayati in this trip. In Damascus, Velayati met with Syrian President Bashar […]

Iran’s coverage: PMD case closure prerequisite for JCPOA implementation: Zarif

Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Zarif: PMD closure ‘a necessary prologue to JCPOA’  Iran’s Mohammad Javad Zarif has told a press conference PMD has been inaccurately applied to Iran’s nuclear program. Full text of Iran SL new letter to the youth in the West re #ParisAttacks The bitter events brought […]

Fresh Saudi strikes kill dozen Yemeni civilians, injures 13

At least a dozen civilians have lost their lives in a new round of Saudi aerial assaults against Yemen’s southwestern province of Ta’izz. On Saturday, Saudi warplanes struck a residential neighborhood in the al- Wazi’iyah district of the province, situated 346 kilometers (214 miles) south of the capital, Sana’a, leaving 12 civilians dead and 13 […]

Iran never responded to cyber attacks with counter raids: Foreign Ministry

Iran says it has never reciprocated cyber attacks with counter raids, although it has been a victim of such illegal attacks in the past years. “Iran has never responded to these illegal attacks with reciprocal cyber attacks,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari said on Friday. He also noted that the Islamic Republic has been the victim […]

Powered by WordPress | Designed by: Premium WordPress Themes | Thanks to Themes Gallery, Bromoney and Wordpress Themes