In Iran, when a person dies, the body is buried in the ground and a gravestone, almost the size of the body, is used to spot the location. The name of the deceased and his date of birth/death will be engraved on the gravestone. Recently, Iranians have also accustomed the habit of adding [...]
The official celebration of the establishment of the Islamic Republic (IR) started in Iran. Twenty eight years ago, today, Khomieini returned from exile and, at least as the official IR historian assert, he established the basis of the new regime in ten days. This is called the “dawn decade”, to resemble a sura in Quran. [...]
ET writes about Ashura. It is amazing to see the ceremonies through the eyes of an American who lives in Iran.
“America is trying to take Ashura from us,” the small, Ahmadinejad-like prayer leader called out to the crowd.
The crowd ignored him. Someone near me said, “He’s trying to make this night political. It should [...]
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