Iran Shiites

An actor on horseback performs during Tazieh, a traditional theater scene about death of Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Muhammad, in Noushabad, about 140 miles (233 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. The play re-enacts the battle of Karbala against the leader of what became the Sunni branch of Islam, in present-day Iraq, in which Hussein, one of Shiite Islam’s most beloved saints, and 72 of his companions were killed. The actor represents enemy of Hussein and carries his head.

(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)