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May 09, 2001

Muharram in Iran, Iran, 1999

Photograph by Alexandra Avakian

"Hearts turn to mourning in the Islamic month of Muharram. On the tenth day, when performers reenact the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Husayn, people weep for the dead, including martyrs from the 1980s war with Iraq."

—From "Iran: Testing the Waters of Reform," July 1999, National Geographic magazine