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Rob Matheson

US sanctions prevent Iranians from marking Ashoura in Iraq

US sanctions prevent Iranians from marking Ashoura in Iraq

US sanctions have made it too expensive for Iranian Shia Muslims to travel to Iraq to mark Ashoura.

Ashoura is a day of remembrance, commemorating the death of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed.

Al Jazeera's Rob Matheson reports from Baghdad.

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