IRNA – On the verge of Imam Reza and his sister Fatema Masumeh’s birthdays, (respectively, 4 August and 25 July), the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei is now at Imam Reza’a shrine, Mashad, performing the Dust Clearing ceremony of Holy Zarih (burial chamber) of Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (AS).
Ayatollah Khamenei attended the spiritual ceremony in the past years as well.
Dust Clearing is a religious ceremony done in Muslims areas. The ritual is for cleansing, grooming, washing, and perfume-spraying special places like the holy tombs, mosques, martyrs’ graves, Kaaba, Imam Reza shrine, etc.