Shiite Iran marks end of Ramadan on two different days in rare event
Worshippers in Iran pray during the Eid al-Fitr holiday while observing social distancing rules due to the COVID-19 pandemic (AFP Photo/-)/ Tehran (AFP) - Shiite Iranians in a rare event mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan this year on separate days -- Sunday or Monday -- depending on different religious authorities' edicts. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced Saturday evening on his official website that the Eid al-Fitr festival would fall on Sunday this year. But the country's other senior Shiite clerics, or "marjas" -- ...
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