Tehran (ISNA) – The mourning ceremony of Ashura’s night was held on Monday September 9 at the Husseiniyeh of Imam Khomenini in Tehran in the presence of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Ashura is the 10th day of the lunar month of Muharram in which Imam Hussain (PBUH), who was the third Shiite Imam, and his 72 disciples were martyred in a battle, known as the “Battle of Karbala”, on October 10, 680 AD.