"Radar, missile and fixed and tactical electronic tapping systems have been deployed at the Islamic Republic of Iran's border to monitor the skies in and outside the border and conduct any tactical move if necessary," General Jafari, a commander at Khatam Ol-Anbia Air Defense Base, said on Monday.
He added that all trans-regional flights over the Iraqi airspace, including airplanes and drones, will be specially monitored during the Arbaeen mourning ceremonies.
Imam Hossein (PBUH), grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and the third Shiite Imam, was martyred in the 680 A.D. battle fought on the plains outside Karbala, a city in modern Iraq that's home to the Imam's holy shrine.
In the battle, Imam Hossein (PBUH) was decapitated and his body mutilated by Yazid's armies. All of Imam Hossein's male family members, relatives, friends, soldiers who all together formed a 72-member army were beheaded in an unequal war with a 30,000-strong army of the enemy in the desert of Karbala.
The occasion is the source of an enduring moral lesson for the Shiites.
Imam Hossein's martyrdom - recounted through a rich body of prose, poetry and song - remains an inspirational example of sacrifice to Shiites, who make up a majority of the Muslim population in Iran, Pakistan, Iraq and Bahrain.
Every year, millions of Shiite Muslims, including the Iranians, take part in Arbaeen gathering in Iraq and march between the two holy cities of Najaf and Karbala.
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source : FNA
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6 November 2017
1:08:42 PM
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Iran deploys missile, radar systems at borders with Iraq to maintain security of Arbaeen pilgrims
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Iran's Khatam Ol-Anbia Air Defense Base deployed its missile and radar systems at the borders with Iraq to maintain security and safety of millions of Iranian pilgrims who will gather in the neighboring country for Arbaeen (40th day of mourning for Imam Hossein after he was martyred on the day of Ashoura over 13 centuries ago).