The Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei attended a mourning ceremony at the Husseiniyeh of Imam Khomeini on the second night of mourning for the Master of Martyrs Imam Hussein-ibn-Ali (greetings be upon him) on Sunday, January 28.
At the beginning of the ceremony, which was attended by tens of thousands of faithful Tehran residents and a number of officials of the Islamic Republic, the participants said their evening and night prayers which were led by Ayatollah Khamenei.
Afterwards, the eulogists of the holy Prophet's household (greetings be upon them) expounded on different aspects of the movement of Imam Hussein-ibn-Ali (greetings be upon him) and the mournful event of Ashura and recited some elegies in lamentation over the martyrdom of the Master of Martyrs and his faithful companions.