Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iranian Shiite mourners during Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram, on July 6, 2025, in Tehran. Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images ...

Since 1979, the Iranian regime has invested heavily in molding the Shia political identity around Khomeinism, reaching Shias from Bahrain to the United States. Drawing from non-Twelver Shia sources, ...

This article was published on Aug. 18, 2025. Twelver Shiism is the largest branch within Shiism – one of the two major sects within Islam. Shiism is the second-largest tradition within Islam overall, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Massumeh Toosi, Indiana University (THE CONVERSATION) This article was published on ...