Yusef Jalali
Press TV, Tehran
Shia Muslims around the world have begun observing the holy month of Muharram which marks the martyrdom anniversary of the grandson of prophet Mohammad and his companions. Imam Hussein was brutally killed by the forces of the tyrant caliph of the time, Yazid ibn Muawiyah in October 680. Mourning tents have been erected and events organized in Iran, Iraq and across the Muslim world.