The head of the Department of the Husseinian Rituals and Processions Haj. Ryadh Ni'ma Es-Selman that 23,500 Husseinian processions and leagues participated in commemorating the Imam hussein's 40th memorial. 6,625 processions operated in Kerbala, in addition to 78 processions from Arab and foreign countries.
He added that some of them practiced Husseinian rituals, and the rest of them offered free services to pilgrims such as food, water, accommodation, etc