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Iranian mothers pay tribute to Hazrat Ali Asghar
Iranian mothers participated in "Hazrat Ali-Asghar" mourning ceremonies nationwide while bringing their unweaned babies clad in green and white clothes to commemorate the 6-month-old martyr of Karbala battle, Ali Asghar, who was the newborn child of Imam Hussain.
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Cras Photo Exhibition on “Kurdish Clothing”
The exhibition subject of this news-piece will be organised by the Regional Research Centre for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in West and Central Asia (Under the Auspices of UNESCO), in cooperation with Vard Gallery and under the secretarial supervision of Kayvan Shamshirbaygi.
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Flash floods dampened dried-up Gavkhooni wetland
Wetlands are important natural environments that provide numerous advantages for wildlife and people. Providing habitats for many different organisms, improving water quality, storing floodwaters during dry periods are some of the positive merits of wetlandss.
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Islamic cities clad in black paying homage to Imam Hussain
Shiʿi Muslims observe the first 10 days of Muḥarram month (the period during which the tragic battle of Karbala occurred) by arranging mourning and lamentation rituals over the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (AS).
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Tash-Gozari; symbol of Imam Hussain's liberality
The ritual of Tash-Gozari is one of the oldest Islamic rites that a large number of Iran's Azeri Turks practice it as the symbol of the beginning of Muharram mourning ceremonies.
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Drafting sister cities' rule-book underway
The head of the International Working Group and Urban Diplomacy of the Public Relations Committee of Iran's Metropolitan Assembly Hamed Soltani said, "the drafting of Iranian sister cities by-laws is in the final stages".
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Must-visit attractions in China's Xi’an
Xi'an attractions are most famously of an ancient nature, notably the Terracotta Army and ancient capital architecture. They date back to the union of China in 221 BC by First Emperor Qin who had the life-size Terracotta Army fashioned to accompany him into the afterlife.