Exclusive: From Tehran to Najaf, a pilgrimage fraught with danger
20 November 2017 |
3:19 pm
It’s one of the most dangerous pilgrimages in the world. Every year, despite the deadly menace of the Islamic State group, millions of Shiites make a pilgrimage to southern Iraq, to visit the shrines of Karbala and Najaf.
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