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Tasu'a ceremony held in Tehran

An Iranian Shia Muslim youth uses chains to flagellate himself during a ceremony marking Ashura, which commemorates the seventh century slaying of Imam Hussein the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, in a street north of the capital Tehran on October 23, 2015. AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE

Hamid Javani
Press TV, Tehran

On the day of Tasu'a, the day before the third Shia Imam and a number of his committed followers were martyred nearly 14 centuries ago, a number of black-clad mourners attended a ceremony in Tehran which was conducted in English. Our correspondent Hamid Javani brings us this report from the event.


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