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Kashmiri Shiites Mark Muharram Mourning - India

A Kashmiri Shiite man carries a Palestinian flag during a Muharram procession in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on July 3, 2025, the seventh day of the Islamic holy month. Marking the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the procession blends religious mourning with political expression in a region shaped by deep sensitivities. Photo by Umar Altaf/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Shiites Mark Muharram Mourning - India

Kashmiri Shiite Muslims hold pictures of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali A security man protects visitors during the Muharram procession in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on July 3, 2025, ensuring safety amid the large gathering. Photo by Umar Altaf/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Shiites Mark Muharram Mourning - India

A large crowd of Kashmiri Shiite Muslims joins a Muharram procession in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on July 4, 2025. Marking the eighth day of Ashura, the gathering commemorates Imam Hussain’s martyrdom with rituals of mourning and reflection under tight security. Photo by Umar Altaf/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Shiites Mark Muharram Mourning - India

A Kashmiri Shiite woman carries a flag during a Muharram procession in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on July 4, 2025, the eighth day of the Islamic holy month. Part of the Ashura mourning period, the event commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussain through rituals like chest-beating and elegy recitations, reflecting deep religious devotion amid heightened political sensitivities. Photo by Umar Altaf/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Shiites Mark Muharram Mourning - India

Women attend as a large number of Kashmiri Shiite Muslims take part in a Muharram procession in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on July 4, 2025. The ceremony marks the eighth day of Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussain with mourning rituals held under tight security and political sensitivities. Photo by Umar Altaf/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Shiites Mark Muharram Mourning - India

A Kashmiri Shiite child holds a Palestinian flag during a Muharram procession in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on July 3, 2025, the seventh day of the Islamic holy month. The event, mourning the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, reflects both religious devotion and political expression in a sensitive region Photo by Umar Altaf/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Shiites Mark Muharram Mourning - India

A large crowd of Kashmiri Shiite Muslims joins a Muharram procession in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on July 4, 2025. Marking the eighth day of Ashura, the gathering commemorates Imam Hussain’s martyrdom with rituals of mourning and reflection under tight security. Photo by Umar Altaf/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Shiites Mark Muharram Mourning - India

A large crowd of Kashmiri Shiite Muslims joins a Muharram procession in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on July 4, 2025. Marking the eighth day of Ashura, the gathering commemorates Imam Hussain’s martyrdom with rituals of mourning and reflection under tight security. Photo by Umar Altaf/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Shiites Mark Muharram Mourning - India

A Kashmiri Shiite man carries a Palestinian flag during a Muharram procession in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on July 4, 2025, the eighth day of the Islamic holy month. Part of the 10-day Ashura mourning period, the event commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussain. Dressed in black, participants engage in chest-beating and recite elegies as expressions of grief and solidarity. The inclusion of political symbols like the Palestinian flag reflects the intersection of religious devotion and political sentiment in a region marked by heightened sensitivities and security measures. Photo by Umar Altaf/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iranian women attending the meeting of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iranian family attending the meeting of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iranian women attending the meeting of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iranian women attending the meeting of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iranian women attending the meeting of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls For A United National Front Against US - Tehran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza. Khamenei called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilise the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued, in Tehran, Iran, on August 24, 2025. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shia Muslim Chehlum - India

Participants perform traditional mourning rituals during the Chehlum procession in Prayagraj, India, on August 15, 2025. Chehlum, also known as Arbaeen, is a Shia Muslim religious observance held 40 days after Ashura to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, in the Battle of Karbala in the 7th century. Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shia Muslim Chehlum - India

Shia Muslim devotees beat their chests during a Chehlum procession in Prayagraj, India, on August 15, 2025. Chehlum, also known as Arbaeen, is a Shia Muslim religious observance held 40 days after Ashura to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, in the Battle of Karbala in the 7th century. Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shia Muslim Chehlum - India

Participants perform traditional mourning rituals during the Chehlum procession in Prayagraj, India, on August 15, 2025. Chehlum, also known as Arbaeen, is a Shia Muslim religious observance held 40 days after Ashura to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, in the Battle of Karbala in the 7th century. Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shia Muslim Chehlum - India

Shia Muslim devotees beat their chests during a Chehlum procession in Prayagraj, India, on August 15, 2025. Chehlum, also known as Arbaeen, is a Shia Muslim religious observance held 40 days after Ashura to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, in the Battle of Karbala in the 7th century. Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shia Muslim Chehlum - India

Participants perform traditional mourning rituals during the Chehlum procession in Prayagraj, India, on August 15, 2025. Chehlum, also known as Arbaeen, is a Shia Muslim religious observance held 40 days after Ashura to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, in the Battle of Karbala in the 7th century. Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shia Muslim Chehlum - India

Participants perform traditional mourning rituals during the Chehlum procession in Prayagraj, India, on August 15, 2025. Chehlum, also known as Arbaeen, is a Shia Muslim religious observance held 40 days after Ashura to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, in the Battle of Karbala in the 7th century. Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shia Muslim Chehlum - India

Participants perform traditional mourning rituals during the Chehlum procession in Prayagraj, India, on August 15, 2025. Chehlum, also known as Arbaeen, is a Shia Muslim religious observance held 40 days after Ashura to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, in the Battle of Karbala in the 7th century. Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM