Iran: Iran marks Islamic month of Muharram, martyrdom of Imam Hussein.

SHOTLIST: TEHRAN, IRAN (JUNE 22, 2026) 1. VARIOUS OF MOURNING CEREMONY AT IMAMZADEH ALI AKBAR SHRINE NORTH OF TEHRAN 2. VARIOUS OF WOMEN DRESSED IN BLACK WITH HEADSCARVES / PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING MOURNING CEREMONY 3. MULLAH ON STAGE RECITING REQUIEM 4. PARTICIPANTS DRESSED IN BLACK CHANTING SLOGANS DURING COMMEMORATION 5. VARIOUS OF CROWDS OF PARTICIPANTS DRESSED IN BLACK CHANTING SLOGANS 6. WOMEN DRESSED IN BLACK WITH HEADSCARVES PARTICIPATING IN CEREMONY 7. PARTICIPANTS WEARING BLACK DRESS WATCHING MOURNING CEREMONY ON GIANT SCREEN 8. VARIOUS OF CROWD ATTENDING COMMEMORATION CEREMONY 9. CROWDS OF PARTICIPANTS DRESSED IN BLACK AT OPEN AIR CEREMONY 10. VARIOUS OF TOP SHOT OF PARTICIPANTS WEARING BLACK CHANTING SLOGANS 11. VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS PERFORMING MOURNING RITUALSTEHRAN, IRAN - JUNE 22: A mourning ceremony was held at the Imamzadeh Ali Akbar Shrine in northern Tehran on Monday, June 22, as part of Muharram commemorations. Participants commemorated Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, and his 72 companions who were killed in the infamous Battle of Karbala in year 61 of the Islamic calendar by the forces of Umayyad Caliph Yazid I on the 10th day of Muharram. Muharram ceremonies are held across Iran and Iraq to mark the martyrdom of Imam Hussein and his companions, one of the most significant events in Islamic history for Shiite Muslims. The 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, also known as Ashura, marks the anniversary of the passing of Prophet Mohammad’s grandson Hussein in the desert plains of Karbala, some 113 kilometers (70 miles) from the modern-day capital Baghdad.