Over 17000 Iranian Students to Perform Umrah This Year

Until the end of the current Iranian calendar year (ends March 20, 2015), 17500 university students and academicians will perform Umrah (minor) Hajj.

According to Bijan Lotfi, public relations officer of the Academicians’ Umrah and Atabat Committee, more than 190,000 students have registered for Umrah so far.
He said registration started on October 19 and will go on until November 1.
Umrah, which is generally known as the ‘minor pilgrimage’ or ‘lesser pilgrimage’, is a pilgrimage trip to the holy city of Makkah in different months of the year other than the Hajj season (the lunar month of Dhul-Hajja).
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