Spanish tourists to partake in Iran Ashura

Over 100 Spanish tourists will travel to Iran to participate in the mourning ceremony of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam.

Iranians are holding religious and traditional mourning ceremonies all over the country during the holy month of Muharram, with international tourists participating in the events.

“A large group of Spanish and Italian tourists will travel to Iran to participate in the religious ceremony of Tasu’a and Ashura and will visit different Iranian cities to see the rituals and traditions of the Iranian people who mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS),” said Mohammad Mehdi Rajaeifard, vice-chairman of the Yazd Religious Tourism Committee.

“Historical city of Yazd will host more than 1,000 foreign tourists this year who will travel to Iran to participate in the Imam Hussein (PBUH) mourning ceremony on Tasu’a and Ashura,” Rajaeifard elaborated.

Imam Hussein (AS) and 72 of his loyal companions, including his family members, were martyred on Ashura, the tenth day of the lunar month of Muharram, in the battle of Karbala against the second Umayyad caliph, Yazid I, in 680 AD.

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