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A grieving Iran celebrates the holy Shiite festival of Ashura

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*RESTRICTIONS: NO Access Israel Media/Persian Language TV Stations Outside Iran/Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto-1 TV/Iran International*Tehran, Aug 19 (EFE).- (Camera: Abedin Taherkenareh / Marina Villén) Iranians on Thursday commemorated the Muslim religious celebration of Ashura amid a coronavirus lockdown.Ashura, the 10th day of the Islamic lunar month of Muharram, is a major holiday for Shiites and it marks the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, at the hands Umayyad Caliph Yazid I at the battle of Karbala in Iraq in 680 AD.FOOTAGE OF ASHURA CELEBRATION IN TEHRAN. FOOTAGE OF MUSLIM CHIIES RECREATING THE BATTLE OF KERBALA.SOUNDBITES OF A 55-YEAR-OLD VETERAN COFRADE AMIR HELALÍ, MEMBER OF A "HEIAT" (COFRADÍA) FROM THE CHIZAR NEIGHBORHOOD, IN NORTHERN TEHRAN.- TRANSLATION:1- "We have all tried to use the mask and disinfectant alcohol and most of the 'heiat' (brotherhoods) in the north of Tehran celebrate their events in open spaces in the open air.

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