The high rate migration of rural population, from villages to cities after the Iran-Iraq War, created a new fast-growing social stratum that resided in the outskirts of big cities, especially Tehran. This population that escaped unemployment and poverty in the hope of jobs is still amongst the most marginalized and disenfranchised, constituting twenty-five percent of today’s Iran population. Rapid demographical changes unsettled the fabric of traditional communities and demanded new identities and communities. Collective mourning rituals became a space that allowed the emergence of new identities and communities amongst the multi-ethnic growing population of rural migrants. The end of the reform era and the election of president Ahmadinejad in 2005 marks the start of a state-sponsored cultural campaign for the institutionalization of the mourning rituals. In the past decade, mourning rituals have become an important part of people’s social life. Based on a 2018 report, there are 91,618 hey’at in the country of that 59,000 are active, with tens of thousands active member, making up “the largest cultural and advertisement network in Shi'a world.” The new phase of mourning rituals has been created and carried on by three main factors: establishment of Debel Organization, a non-profit to organize and support the rituals singers, poets, and writers; the rise of Arazi and his mourning band; and the reemergence and popularization of millenarianism, the doctrine of Intizar, awaiting the return of the occulted Shi'a Imam, Mahdi. By analyzing the political history, performative features, and literary content of Arazi’s newly emerged style in mourning and utilizing Western queer theories, building on the ground-work of scholars of sexuality in the Middle East, this study investigates the work of class, gender, and sexuality in Shi'a collective rituals and the formation of new social bonds. Moreover, the study shows how the rituals have created a space and a direct communication medium through which the ruling structure organize, supervise, and manage its citizens closely.