Muharram events in Iran

TEHRAN, IRAN - JULY 29: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY â" MANDATORY CREDIT - 'IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER PRESS OFFICE / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attend a mourning ritual on the month of Muharram on the Islamic calendar, leading up to the day of Ashura, in Tehran, Iran on July 29, 2023. The Shiite Muslim religious commemoration of Ashura, which includes a ten-day mourning period starting on the first day of Muharram, marks the seventh-century slaying of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein and his 72 loyal companions in Karbala. (Photo by Iranian Leader Press Office/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)