Iran: Arbaeen marked with procession in Tehran

W/S Worshippers walking, Tehran
W/S Worshippers walking on UK, Israeli and USA flags
M/S Worshippers walking on UK, Israeli and USA flags
C/U Worshippers walking on UK, Israeli and USA flags
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M/S Worshippers walking
SOT, Alireza Dadgar Parsa, Student (Farsi): "The bullying media owners should know that this unity between Muslims across the world will not be [broken] by any conspiracies and plots, and this is the flame of a fire that is getting bigger day by day."
M/S Worshipper walking with flag; worshippers walking
W/S Worshippers walking
M/S Worshippers walking
SOT, Sayna Khaksari, Tehran resident (Farsi): "As long as we, the Iranians and the Iraqis, are here, and as long as Imam Hussein is in our hearts, neither the US nor the Trump's government are able to do anything."
W/S Worshippers walking
SOT, Mohammad Torkashvand, Tehran resident (Farsi): "All people here have a common goal, which Western countries are facing. In fact, people have come here to face them, those who hate us as Muslims."
M/S Worshipper waving flag
SOT, Parian Moradi, Student (Farsi): "As I could not join the Arbaeen march, so my goal is to attend this ceremony and prepare to join for the next year's march of Karbala."
M/S Worshippers walking
C/U Worshippers walking
W/S Worshippers walking
W/S Iranian flags hoisted up
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Thousands of Iranian worshippers joined a procession in Tehran on Saturday, as part of the annual observance of Arbaeen.
"As long as we, the Iranians and the Iraqis, are here, and as long as Imam Hussein is in our hearts, neither the US nor the Trump's government are able to do anything," said one Tehran resident.
Another resident noted that "this unity between Muslims across the world will not be [broken] by any conspiracies and plots, and this is the flame of a fire that is getting bigger day by day."
Arbaeen is observed 40 days after Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson and the third Shiite Imam, Hussein ibn Ali, in the Battle of Karbala in the seventh century.
The Arbaeen pilgrimage, which takes place in the Iraqi city of Karbala, is the largest annual religious gathering in the world.