Iranian Shiite Muslims gesture during a ceremony to mourn the death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Islam's prophet Mohammed to mark Ashura in Tehran, Iran on January 7, 2009. Ashura is the ten days of mourning during the Islamic month of Muharram, the first month of the lunar calendar, when Shiite Muslims mourn the seventh century martyrdom of Imam Hussein. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah) | Slideshow