Tehran (ISNA) – Iranians held the mourning ceremony of Sham-e Ghariban on Tuesday night September 10 in different cities of Iran.

The mourning ceremony of Sham-e Ghariban is held in the evening of Ashura for the captives of Karbala including Zainab bint Ali, who was the sister of Imam Hussain (PBUH) and Imam Zayn al-Abidin (PBUH), who was the fourth Shiite Imam. During the mourning ceremony of Sham-e Ghariban, people light candles as a sign of mourning for the captives of Karbala.