Iran Cities to Hold Eid al-Fitr Prayer, Quds Day Ceremonies
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Upon a decision by Iran’s Coronavirus Fight National Headquarters, the Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan will be held across the country, and ceremonies marking the International Quds (Jerusalem) Day will be also staged on May 22.
Participants in a Saturday meeting of the Coronavirus Fight National Headquarters, chaired by President Hassan Rouhani, decided that the Eid al-Fitr prayer would be held across Iran.
While all mosques across the country can open on Eid al-Fitr for the prayer in compliance with the health protocols, the prayer will not be held in high-capacity musallas (large spaces for Muslim prayers).
Moreover, the Quds Day rallies in capital Tehran will be held in a symbolic way with motorists driving in convoy. However, the rallies in the cities categorized as white zones (with no risk of contagion) will be held in conformity with the health protocols, and demonstrators can gather in the Friday prayer venues.
According to another decision, the open-air halls of the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad will reopen with limited opening hours as of May 24.
Pilgrims can go to the open-air halls of the holy shrine of the eighth Shiite Imam for three hours in the morning and three hours in the evening.
Restaurants across Iran will also reopen after Ramadan, within the framework of health regulations.
Universities will be reopening as of June 6, the entrance exam for academic centers will be also held, and sports matches will take place without spectators.
The death toll from the novel coronavirus in Iran has surpassed 6,900, while nearly 92,000 positive cases have recovered from the disease.