Hundreds of Iranian mothers lifted their babies above their heads in a symbolic act of sacrifice during the annual Hosseini Infants Ceremony in Tehran on Friday.  

The ceremony, with similar celebrations held across Iran on June 27, takes place on the first Friday of the Islamic month of Muharram and commemorates the death of Shia Islam leader Husayn ibn Ali’s 6-month-old son in 680 A.D.  

The large crowd of women holding their babies chanted “death to America” and “death to Israel” during the event, according to CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen, who reported from the gathering in Tehran.  

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