Iranians across the country have commemorated Arba'een, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein. People in the capital Tehran marked the occasion too by walking southward to the town of Rey. That was a symbolic walk by those who could not take part in the Araba'een march held by pilgrims in Iraq. There, the pilgrims march toward the city of Karbala that hosts the holy shrine of Imam Hussein.