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ASHURA IN IRAN



ASHURA IN IRAN

Iranians flagellate themselves with thier hands to mourn the death of Imam Hossein, the grandson of Islam's prophet Mohammed, as they take part in ceremony to mark Ashura in Tehran, Iran February 9, 2006. Ashura is the peak of ten days of mourning during the Islamic month of Muharram, the first month of the lunar calendar, when Shiite Muslims mourn the slaughter of Imam Hussein 1365 years ago in what is now Karbala in southern Iraq.(UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)

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