Much has been written and said about the tragic event. Here’s ifilm’s review of artworks on Imam Hossein (AS) heroic resistance against the gigantic army of the polytheists.

The event of Ashura back in 680 CE, is the history’s most painful tragedy in which a divine leader, Imam Hossein (AS), along with his 72 companions, withstood the tyrant ruler of the time, and were martyred, after which their family members – women and children – were captured and transferred to the ruler’s palace, about a thousand kilometers away.

Enemy shoots Imam’s infant son

Hazrat Abol-Fazl Abbas (AS) bravery in fetching water deep into enemy ranks

To be continued.