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Millions of Muslims perform Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca every year. The Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by all adult Muslims who are physically and financially capable of undertaking the journey and supporting their family during their absence. The pilgrimage occurs from 8th to the 12th or 13th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic lunar calendar. The Hajj includes a series of rituals such as wearing a single piece of unstitched white clothing (Ihram), circling the Kaaba seven times, walking between the hills of Safa and Marwah, heading to Mount Arafat, spending a night in Muzdalifa, and the symbolic stoning of the devil.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iran’s Hajj officials and those involved in providing services to Iranian pilgrims during this year’s Hajj met with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Monday.
News ID: 3466884    Publish Date : 2018/10/02

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Head of Iran’s Quranic Noor (light) Quranic Convoy that was sent to Saudi Arabia to hold various Quranic programs during Hajj said it performed 752 programs in the holy land.
News ID: 3466862    Publish Date : 2018/09/30

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia’s inaugurated a high-speed rail link between the two holiest cities in Islam, part of efforts to boost tourism as the country seeks to shed dependence on oil exports.
News ID: 3466838    Publish Date : 2018/09/26

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A ceremony was held here in Tehran on Sunday to commemorate Iranian Hajj pilgrims who died in a tragic event in Mina, near Mecca, three years ago.
News ID: 3466816    Publish Date : 2018/09/24

TEHRAN (IQNA) – An Iranian official described participation of the country’s pilgrims in this year’s Hajj as successful but said conditions are not yet ready for Iranians to go on Umrah (minor Hajj) pilgrimage.  
News ID: 3466769    Publish Date : 2018/09/17

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Some members of Iran’s Quranic delegation who are in Medina, Saudi Arabia, visited a number of mosques and historical sites related to the early history of Islam.
News ID: 3466696    Publish Date : 2018/09/04

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iran has conveyed proposals to Saudi Arabia for the resumption of sending pilgrims to Umrah, an official said.
News ID: 3466662    Publish Date : 2018/09/01

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The first group of Hajj pilgrims from the southwestern Iran province of Khuzestan arrived in the provincial capital of Ahvaz on Monday.
News ID: 3466631    Publish Date : 2018/08/28

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Officials in the Gaza Strip said Egypt has opened the Rafah border crossing to allow the return of Palestinian Hajj pilgrims to the coastal enclave.
News ID: 3466609    Publish Date : 2018/08/26

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia’s information ministry announced that it has launched a website to present translation of a book on Hajj rituals into six languages.
News ID: 3466577    Publish Date : 2018/08/21

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said the US’s essential policy against Islam and the Muslims is warmongering, calling on Muslims to nullify this “satanic policy”.
News ID: 3466572    Publish Date : 2018/08/20

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Every year during the lunar Hijri month of Dhul Hajja, hundreds of thousands of Muslims from around the world converge on the holy city of Mecca to perform Hajj.
News ID: 3466570    Publish Date : 2018/08/20

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A ceremony to replace the Holy Kaaba’s covering, known as the Kiswa, with a new one began in Mecca on Sunday, ahead of Eid al-Adha.
News ID: 3466566    Publish Date : 2018/08/20

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The officials of the Grand Mosque of Mecca (Masjid Al-Haram) distributed one million copies of the Holy Quran among Hajj pilgrims at the mosque.
News ID: 3466555    Publish Date : 2018/08/18

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Qatar has accused Saudi Arabia of barring its citizens from this year’s Hajj, something Riyadh denies, saying a diplomatic dispute is not stopping Qataris from making the pilgrimage to Mecca.
News ID: 3466553    Publish Date : 2018/08/18

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Some 86000 Hajj pilgrims attended 245 Quranic circles held in the past few weeks at different halls of the Nabawi Mosque (The Prophet's Mosque) in the holy city of Medina.
News ID: 3466530    Publish Date : 2018/08/12

TEHRAN (IQNA) – An Iranian Hajj official said the country has given the names of Iranian victims of a 2015 crane collapse accident in Mecca to Saudi authorities and is waiting for them to take the required measures.
News ID: 3466526    Publish Date : 2018/08/11

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Quran recitation session was held in Hakkari, a city in southeast Turkey, for pilgrims set to go to Saudi Arabia for Hajj.
News ID: 3466525    Publish Date : 2018/08/11

TEHRAN (IQNA) –  It has become clear that Qataris would not be able to perform the Hajj for the second consecutive year on account of the hurdles created by the authorities concerned in Saudi Arabia, local Arabic daily Arrayah reported Friday.
News ID: 3466521    Publish Date : 2018/08/11

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Zamazemah United Office in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is planning to deliver 7.5 million Zamzam water bottles during the Hajj pilgrimage this year.
News ID: 3466492    Publish Date : 2018/08/06