عاشورا در حسینه کربلایی ها تهران
Marking of Ashoura
عکس وسط آقای سید علی ریاض سخنگوی آبادگران و نماینده مردم تهران در مجلس شورای اسلامی نفر سمت چپ جلو

Iranian and Iraqi Shiite Muslims from Karbala beat themselves in Tehran, Iran, Sunday Feb. 20, 2005 to mark Ashoura, the death of Imam Hussein, a grand son of Islam's prophet Mohammed, who was killed in a seventh century battle. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

Iran's lawmaker seyed Ali Riyaz, center left, who is spokesman of conservative Abadgaran Iran-e-Islami, or Developers of Islamic Iran, in Iran's Parliament, with Iranian and Iraqi Shiite Muslims from Karbala beat themselves to mark Ashura, the ten-day mourning of the death of one of their most important saints, Imam Hussein, Sunday Feb. 20, 2005 in Tehran, Iran.
(AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

An Iranian actor performs during Taziyeh, a play about Imam Hussein, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday Feb. 20, 2005 to mark Ashoura, the commemoration of the death of Imam Hussein, a grand son of Islam's prophet Mohammed, who was killed in a seventh century battle.
(AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)