About 1000 condolence and service processions have participated in Ashura rituals.

The head of the Department of Hussayni processions and bodies in Iraq and the Muslim world of the two holy shrines of Imam al-Hussayn and al-Abbas (peace be upon both of them); Haj Riyadh Ni'mah Al-Salman has stated that the number of the Hussayni processions and bodies of condolence and service during the Ziyarat of Ashura that are registered officially in the department this year 1443 AH, is 1000 processions all of them are from Karbala, as these days are allocated to them.

He also indicated: "This number is the number of the total processions operating within the administrative border of the province of Karbala and registered in our department, and there are a large number of processions that are not registered and that provide the services to the visitors on the surroundings of the province or on the roads leading to it, as well as tens of houses that open their doors to the visitors heading to the Ziyarat of Imam al-Hussayn and his brother Aba al-Fadl al-Abbas (peace be upon both of them."

He added: "These processions were distributed between condolences processions of (Lamentation and zinjeel) that carry out condolence activities along the days of Ashura and that provide also some services, and service processions that provide services to the visitors by offering them foods, drinks, accommodation and other services, all in the province of Karbala. They will keep providing their services until the 13th Muharram."

It is to note that the processions Department has previously registered these processions in official registers, issuing for them special IDs. Also many preparatory meetings were held preceding the season of the Ziyarat Ashura with the sponsors of these processions, in order to discuss how to achieve the best results commensurate with the sanctity of the place and the occasion, working together to overcome all obstacles.