Publish Date: 20 August 2023 - 10:45

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – People of Iraq's Basra these days are serving the Arbaeen pilgrims who have started their walking journey toward the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) in Karbala.

Arbaeen is a Shia religious observance that occurs forty days after the Day of Ashura. It commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), who was martyred on the 10th day of the month of Muharram.