Iran’s Aid for Reconstructing Shia Shrines in Iraq Increases by ’30 Percent’
A member of the Atabat Development and Reconstruction Headquarters stated that “the amount of donations and contributions from charitable donors” for the development and reconstruction of the Atabat shrines in 1400 (2021-2022) increased by 30 percent compared to the previous year, despite economic constraints.
The Public Relations Department of the Atabat Supreme Development and Reconstruction Headquarters reported on Sunday, 28 Farvardin, quoting Youssef Afsali, the Cultural Deputy and Popular Participation of the headquarters, that for this year, a budget of approximately 1,300 billion tomans has been allocated.
Stating that alongside ongoing projects, several new projects have also been defined, he added: “In addition to the development of the Atabat shrines, a plan for the reconstruction and development of the mausoleums of several major religious and national figures buried in Iraq has been defined.”
Afsali referred to the mausoleums of Salman Farsi in Madain and Rais Ali Delvari.
Officals of the Atabat Supreme Reconstruction Headquarters, affiliated with the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, had previously announced that more than 150 reconstruction projects of Shia religious sites in Iraq and other countries, financed by Iran, will continue for the next 20 years.
On the headquarters’ website, which contains reports of work until 1398 (2019-2020), it is stated that a total of 156 projects have been implemented in Iraq and Syria so far, including 34 projects in the city of Najaf, 40 projects in Karbala, 29 projects in Kadhimiya, 19 projects in Samarra, 13 projects in the city of Musayyib, 4 projects in the city of Balad, 5 projects in Kufa, and 12 projects in Damascus by this headquarters.
Source: Radio Farda
