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  • Tehran cracks down on Iranian dissidents 9 Dec 2009 10:10 GMT
    ... Student Day protests are to be followed by demonstrations during the 10-day Shiite religious festival of Ashura, which begins 18 December and climaxes 27 December; Ashura commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, ...

  • Students taunt leaders as Iran erupts 8 Dec 2009 14:16 GMT
    ... -- the driving force of the 1979 Islamic Revolution -- have revitalised the anti-government movement ... even bigger demonstrations to mark the Shia Muslim festival of Ashura at the end of the month. Opposition ...

  • Iran Police Crack Down on Student Protesters 8 Dec 2009 03:03 GMT
    ... planned during the upcoming 10-day Shiite religious festival of Ashura, which starts Dec. 18 and peaks on ... battle in the 7th century. The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported "some clashes" Monday between ...

  • Iran Policy Committee: Tehran Cracks Down on Iranian Dissidents 8 Dec 2009 19:22 GMT
    ... Student Day protests are to be followed by demonstrations during the 10-day Shiite religious festival of Ashura, which begins 18 December and climaxes 27 December; Ashura commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, ...

  • Iran Policy Committee: Tehran Cracks Down on Iranian Dissidents (BIZ) 8 Dec 2009 19:27 GMT
    ... Student Day protests are to be followed by demonstrations during the 10-day Shiite religious festival of Ashura, which begins 18 December and climaxes 27 December; Ashura commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, ...

  • BACKGROUND: Iraq's worst bomb attacks in 2009 8 Dec 2009 10:50 GMT
    ... bomber kills at least 40 people in Baghdad as Shiite pilgrims are marking the Ashura Festival. -- February 13, 2009: A female suicide bomber kills 40 people and wounds 83, ...

  • Iran warns protesters it will show 'no mercy' 8 Dec 2009 14:12 GMT
    ... opposition Web sites said more demonstrations were planned during the upcoming 10-day Shiite religious festival of Ashura, which starts Dec. 18 and peaks on Dec. 27 in a commemoration of the death ...

  • Iranian security forces break up protests in central Tehran: Iranian paramilitary forces block office of opposition leader Mousavi 8 Dec 2009 14:32 GMT
    ... opposition Web sites said more demonstrations were planned during the upcoming 10-day Shiite religious festival of Ashura, which starts Dec. 18 and peaks on Dec. 27 in a commemoration of the death ...

  • HC Seeks Govt Logic On Ashura Ban 5 Dec 2009 07:42 GMT
    ... response to a petition filed by the Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (IuM) last year seeking the revocation of ... anniversary of the most cataclysmic event in Islamic history. Ashura, or the tenth day of Muharram, commemorates ...

  • Multitude of holidays upon us 6 Dec 2009 06:15 GMT
    ... the first of many annual holidays for Muslims. Muharram, the first month in the Islamic lunar calendar, and the second most sacred ... of the holy month is followed by Ashura on Dec. 27, a day of voluntary ...

  • Iran cracks down on student protests 7 Dec 2009 23:44 GMT
    ... in Mashhad, Kermanshah and Kerman. More demonstrations are planned to mark the 10-day Shia festival of Ashura, which starts on 18 December. The latest protests, coming nearly six months after June's election, ...

  • Iran arrests scores of student activists 4 Dec 2009 11:13 GMT
    ... of the prophet Muhammad. Revered by Shi'ite Muslims, he was martyred in a seventh-century battle ... - an event commemorated each year on Ashura, a religious holiday that falls this year ...


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