(14 Aug 2025)
IRAN ARBAEEN COMMEMORATION
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Rey, Iran – 14 August 2025
1. Various of mourners during Arbaeen commemoration service, marking the anniversary of the 40-day-mourning period over the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein
2. Various of volunteers cutting and serving watermelons to mourners
3. Mourners marking Arbaeen
4. Various of volunteers polishing mourners’ shoes as a sign of respect
5. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Navid (no last name given), mourner:
"We did not have the privilege of going to Iraq for the pilgrimage of Imam Hussein and the Arbaeen rally. So we decided to offer a small service for those who also could not make the journey. My son and I are sitting in the middle of the road, offering free shoe polishing and praying to God to grant good health to our Imam at this time and, God willing, to bring an end to global arrogance and to Israel."
6. Various of mourners
7. Woman holding signs, reading (Farsi): "Death to America" and "Death to Israel"
8. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Vajiheh Lotfizadeh, mourner:
"(Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu should focus on solving his own problems. If he did not have serious issues of his own, he would leave oppressed people and other countries alone. He needs to address his own challenges. We know what to do, we have a supreme leader."
9. Various of volunteers serving cold drinks to mourners
10. Various of mourners
11. Mourner walking barefooted while holding his shoes
12. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) no name given, mourner:
"This year’s Arbaeen feels better and more beautiful, because our country has emerged from a war just recently. We have lost a lot of martyrs, and this is a blessing that we have nurtured so many martyrs, thanks to our revolution. We walk in this rally to honor our martyrs, martyr (Amir Ali) Hajizadeh and martyr (Hossein) Salami (both Iranian Revolutionary Guards figures killed by Israel)."
13. Banner showing pictures of Iranian military commanders killed by Israel in June
14. Various of mourners
STORYLINE:
Thousands of mourners in Iran took to the streets on Thursday to commemorate the Shiite religious observance of Arbaeen.
Arbaeen rituals are held to mark the anniversary of the 40th day following the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, who became a symbol of resistance during the tumultuous first century of Islam.
Hussein’s death deepened the schism between Islam’s two main sects, Sunni and Shiite.
Volunteers in the small Iranian town, Rey offered free food, drinks and services to mourners observing the Arbaeen ritual.
Mourner Navid, who only provided his first name, sat with his son in the middle of the road and polished mourners’ shoes for free.
"We did not have the privilege of going to Iraq for the pilgrimage of Imam Hussein and the Arbaeen rally. So we decided to offer a small service for those who also could not make the journey," said 33-year-old Navid, who only provided his first name.
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