epa03485837 Iranian and Iraqi Shiites mourn at the Ashura ceremonies at the Kerbala mosque in Tehran, Iran, 25 November 2012. The Ashura day commemorates the death anniversary of the third Shiite Imam Hussein, who was grandson of Muslim Prophet Muhammed. Ashura is the peak of ten days of mourning when Shiite Muslims mourn the killing of Imam Hussein whose shrine is in Karbala in southern Iraq. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH