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TEHRAN (IQNA) – Hojat-ol-Islam Seyed Ali Qazi-Askar, the representative of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs, and Saeed Ohadi, the head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, on Sunday attended a ceremony at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini (RA) Airport to see off the first batch of Iranian Hajjis leaving for Medina.
News ID: 3350341    Publish Date : 2015/08/23

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The first batch of Iranian Hajj pilgrims left Tehran’s Imam Khomeini (RA) Airport for the holy city of Medina on Sunday.
News ID: 3350328    Publish Date : 2015/08/23

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Head of Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization said 61,000 Iranians will go on Hajj pilgrimage this year.
News ID: 3337296    Publish Date : 2015/08/01

TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least six Shia pilgrims were martyred and 20 injured in a terrorist bombing on Sunday afternoon in central Damascus.
News ID: 2797210    Publish Date : 2015/02/02

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Devotees of Imam Hussein (AS) from more than 60 countries on Saturday marked the day of Arbaeen in the holy city of Karbala.
News ID: 2617955    Publish Date : 2014/12/14

TEHRAN (IQNA) – As the day of Arbaeen approaches, millions of Shia pilgrims have arrived in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, to mark the occasion.
News ID: 2617730    Publish Date : 2014/12/12

TEHRAN (IQNA) - In two separate terrorist attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad tens of Shia pilgrims have been martyred or wounded.
News ID: 2616076    Publish Date : 2014/12/07

A study is underway to use smart golf carts to help special needs people and the elderly perform the circumambulation of the Kaaba and Saee (running or walking seven times between the two hills of Safa and Marwa) with ease.
News ID: 2611276    Publish Date : 2014/11/25

The holy mausoleum of Imam Ali (AS) in Najaf, Iraq, is expected to receive some 2 million pilgrims on Eid al-Qadir, which falls on Monday.
News ID: 1459154    Publish Date : 2014/10/12

Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization said Iranian Hajjis (Hajj pilgrims ) will start returning home this Thursday.
News ID: 1457369    Publish Date : 2014/10/06

The Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance is preparing for the distribution of 26 million copies of the Holy Quran as a gift for each pilgrim heading to their countries via King Abdulaziz International Airport and Jeddah Islamic Port.
News ID: 1457320    Publish Date : 2014/10/06

More than two million Muslim pilgrims from around the world ascended Mount Arafat in western Saudi Arabia on Friday at the climax of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
News ID: 1456712    Publish Date : 2014/10/04

Saudi Arabia has so far barred 98,000 would-be pilgrims from reaching Makkah after they failed to show the documents that would allow them to enter the sacred city in the western part of the kingdom during the Hajj season.
News ID: 1456134    Publish Date : 2014/10/01

The holy city of Karbala is prepared to welcome pilgrims on the day of Arafah and Eid al-Adha.
News ID: 1455263    Publish Date : 2014/09/29

Ahead of the pilgrimage to Mecca, this year, Hajj pilgrims from Chhattisgarh, India, have been responding overwhelmingly to the Hajj app, a user-friendly mobile application software, designed and launched in the state.
News ID: 1452045    Publish Date : 2014/09/21

Pilgrims arriving in Saudi Arabia from different countries are being monitored for the Ebola virus at the airports.
News ID: 1438283    Publish Date : 2014/08/11

A medical official with the Iranian Hajj mission said no cases of MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) have been reported among Iranian Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 1412443    Publish Date : 2014/05/31

Pilgrims performing umrah in the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah have been given a surprise after heavy rain fall swept Makkah and Hail, as overjoyed pilgrims circumambulated the Ka`bah chanting “Allah Akbar”.
News ID: 1405574    Publish Date : 2014/05/11

The Astan (custodianship) of Imam Ali’s (AS) holes shrine in Najaf, Iraq, plans 5 new pilgrims towns in the city.
News ID: 1359202    Publish Date : 2014/01/15

A suicide car bombing in Pakistan has killed two Shia Muslims in the country's first apparent sectarian attack of 2014.
News ID: 1349832    Publish Date : 2014/01/02