As part of a series of visits of religious, academic and cultural delegations and figures to the library and house of manuscripts of the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine. Sheikh Mahmoud Deryab al-Najafi from the Hawza of the holy city of Qom has visited it accompanied by Dr. Mohsen Ahmad Habl al-Mateen.

The al-Abbas's (p) Holy Shrine honored the winners of Quranic competitions from its Quranic Women's Institute of the Department of Islamic and Human Knowledge, who received advanced grades in memorization, recitation and interpretation, which were held in the holy shrines and other Quranic institutions, to praise their efforts and the efforts of their teachers and to encourage then to expand their local and international participations and get higher rankings.

The Director of the Karbala International Book Fair held within the framework of the Festival of the Martyrdom's Spring, Dr. Mushtaq al-Ali, stated: "The Karbala International Book Fair is a cultural and knowledge activity that attempts to restore the relationship between the human and the book, especially that this relationship has begun to weaken in recent times because of the unwise use of to social media."

The Department of Rituals, processions and Hussayni Bodies in Iraq and the Islamic world of the two holy shrines of Imam al-Hussayn and of al-Abbas (PBUT) issued an official document to the officials of its representations and units in the Iraqi provinces to prevent the promotion of any elections' candidate or political entity, stressing that the department is an independent body that works to only revive and organize the Hussayni rituals.

On Sunday April 15, 2018, the fourteenth edition of the Karbala International Book Fair, held within the World Cultural Festival of the Martyrdom's Spring organized by the holy shrines of Imam al-Hussayn and of al-Abbas (PBUT), and which will start of the third of the holy month of Sha'ban, was opened in the area between the two holy shrines.

The Karbala International Book Fair is considered one of the most important activities of the International Cultural Festival of the Martyrdom's Spring and one of the prominent intellectual and cultural event of the holy city of Karbala, and the preparatory committee of the festival has given it great importance by making large preparations.

AlKafeel Center for Artistic Production and Live Broadcast of the Department of Intellectual and Cultural Affairs at the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine, announced providing free live broadcast frequency without a logo [clean] to broadcast live and in a high-quality image the activities inside the holy shrine of Aba al-Fadl al-Abbas (PBUH) by 12 hours a day, from 9 am to 9 pm, broadcasting daily prayers and religious lectures, as well as the activities held in the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine.

The departments and divisions of the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine make every effort to provide the best services to the visitors of the holy shrine of the Standard-Bearer Aba al-Fadl al-Abbas (PBUH), including the Lost and Found Division of the Department of Religious Affairs at the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine, which is responsible for keeping and caring for the property of the visitors and delivering it to its owners.

The 10th Scientific Conference was launched on MondayApril 9, 2018 in the great hall of the College of Administration and Economics in the province of Karbala, in order to know the basic requirements, needs and vision until 2030 through research in the economy.

Under the patronage of the General Secretariat of the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine, the University Relations Division, the School Activities Unit has held on Thursday April 5, 2018, a development course titled "Excellence for the successful teacher" for 35 teachers, educators, supervisors and specialists of the Education and Teaching field.

In beautiful atmosphere filled with mercy and blessings as well as the love of the Imams of Ahl al-Bayt (PBUT) and within the celebrations of the birth anniversary of the Commander of the Faithful Ali Ibn Abi Taleb (PBUT), the al-Abbas's (p) Holy Shrine concluded on Saturday April 7, 2018 the Sixth Annual Cultural Festival of the Commander of the Faithful (PBUH) in the Indian city of Kargil.

Under the guidance of the Senior Official of the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine; Sayed Ahmad al-Safi, and with the support of the General Secretariat of the holy shrine, the delegation of the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine, which was travelled earlier to Syria, completed the works of the holy shrine of Lady Ruqayyah daughter of Imam al-Hussayn (PBUT).

.During the meeting which brought together the delegations of the holy shrines in Iraq (Imam al-Hussayn, Imam al-Hadi and Imam al-'Askari, and Aba al-Fadl al-Abbas (PBUT)) and a large gathering of scholars, clerics and students in the Ithna 'Ashari Hawza of the Indian city of Kargil, within the activities of the Sixth Annual Cultural Festival of the Commander of the Faithful (PBUH), there was a welcoming word.

The delegation of the holy shrines of Iraq which is currently in the Indian city of Kargil to participate in the Sixth Annual Cultural Festival of the Commander of the Faithful (PBUH), participated in laying the foundation stone for al-Batool Women's University for orphans in this city, which will be receiving the orphan girls to teach them academically and religiously according to a special program for this purpose.

Imam Reza's Holy Shrine (A.S.), on the night of Imam Hussein’s (A.S.) birthday anniversary was filled with joy through the presence of a great number of pilgrims and devotees of His Highness.

The Director of Non-Iranian Pilgrims Affairs of Astan Quds Razavi, announced the sending of cultural products to non-Iranian subscribers around the world at the same time as Sha’abaniah days.

Exquisite and unique Qura’ns written by the infallible Imams (A.S.) have been put into public display at Astan Quds Razavi treasury of Qur’an and exquisites. Among these holy copies of Qura’n, those attributed to Imam Hossein (A.S.) and Imam Sajjad (A.S.) have widely been attended to by the lovers of the household of the Apostle of God (S.A.W.) during birth anniversaries of these Imams.

Taha Hussain, a French pilgrim, said, "I would like to serve the pilgrims of Imam Reza (AS) as a servant of this holy shrine."

Director of non-Iranian pilgrims affairs of Astan Quds Razavi said, "Concurrent with Sha'ban month feasts, various cultural contests are held with the aim of explaining the husseini's lifestyle to foreign pilgrims of the Razavi Holy Shrine.

A group of Shia from Lyon, France went on pilgrimage of Hazrat Ali Ibn Musa al-Reza (A.S.), thanks to the endeavors of Astan Quds Razai’s Center for International Affairs.