Arbaeen
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Exports From 3 Borders With Iraq Halted During Arbaeen Pilgrimage
EghtesadOnline: Exports to Iraq via three border crossings of Shalamcheh, Chazzabeh and Mehran have been suspended until Sept. 17 to make room for pilgrims traveling during the Arbaeen pilgrimage,…
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All Flights to Iraq Suspended Until Arbaeen
EghtesadOnline: All domestic airlines have suspended flights to Iraq until Arbaeen that falls on Oct. 8 this year.
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Iran-Iraq Truck Movements Restricted to Ease Arbaeen Pilgrimage
EghtesadOnline: Truck movement from the four border crossings of Chazzabeh and Shalamcheh in Khuzestan Province, Khosravi in Kermanshah Province and Mehran in Ilam Province will be banned from…
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Preparations Underway for Transportation of Arbaeen Pilgrims
EghtesadOnline: Thousands of Iranian pilgrims are getting ready to travel to Iraq in the coming weeks for the Arbaeen commemorations—one of the largest annual gatherings of Muslims in the world,…
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Iran Employed Communications Balloons Successfully During Arbaeen
EghtesadOnline: During Arbaeen, which marks the 40th day of martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH), in addition to providing Iranian pilgrims visiting Iraq with enhanced telephony and Internet services…
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Traffic Restrictions Put in Place on Iraqi Border Crossings
EghtesadOnline: The customs offices of Iran and Iraq have taken measures to ease the travel of pilgrims from border checkpoints to Iraqi cities during Arbaeen.
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Veep off to Iraq
EghtesadOnline: First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri has left Tehran for Najaf, Iraq, on Sunday to attend Arbaeen (marking the end of the 40-day mourning period for Imam Hussein (AS), the grandson…
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Culture Minister says foreign media closing eyes to epic of Arbaeen
EghtesadOnline: Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Reza Salehi Amiri said foreign media are closing eyes to the epic being created by Shia Muslims on the occasion of Arbaeen.
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Arbaeen, religious ritual, token of Muslim Unity
EghtesadOnline: Member of the Experts Assembly Mohsen Esmaeili said the religious ritual of Arbaeen procession, being held by millions of Muslims in Karbala, Iraq, every year is token of the…
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Iraq envoy: 16 Iraqi consular offices in Iran to issue visas for Karbala
EghtesadOnline: Iraqi government decided to set up some 16 provisional consular offices in Iran to facilitate the procedure for issuing visas for pilgrims of Karbala on the mourning ceremony…
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Borders safe for Arbaeen pilgrims
EghtesadOnline: A senior official at the Organization for Mobilization of Oppressed (Basij) said that necessary measures have been adopted on Iranian borders, including the southern and northwestern…
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Pilgrims required to get Iraq visas for Arbaeen ritual: FM official
EghtesadOnline: Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Expatriates Affairs Hassan Qashqavi announced that all Iranian pilgrims are required to obtain Iraq visas to take part…