Hawzah News Agency- Gholam Reza Qorban Rayat, head of the welfare department at the Astan (custodianship) of the mausoleum, said three Moukebs (booths serving pilgrims) were set up at the courtyard of the shrine on the Thursday and Friday.

One of the Moukebs, named Rasoul Azam (Great Prophet), was set up by activists from the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, he noted.

Qorban Rayat said they distributed meals among more than 60,000 pilgrims.

Shia Muslims and others in different parts of the world hold rituals every year in the middle of the month of Jumada al-Awwal in the lunar Hijri calendar to mourn the martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Zahra (SA), the beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).