Leader attends mourning ceremonies of Imam Hossein

EghtesadOnline: The mourning ceremony of Sham-e Ghariban was held at the presence of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday.

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13 October 2016

Thousands of Iranians from different walks of life and also Iranian officials attended the ceremony.

The night following the day of Ashura is known as Sham-e Ghariban, reports IRNA.

It was the night when the exhausted, hungry and tired families of Imam Hussain and his companions sat in loneliness, each thinking about the loved ones they had lost in the unjust battle on that day.