TEHRAN (IQNA) – Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are not attending the Hajj pilgrimage this year because Saudi authorities failed to ensure their safety following a tragic crush on September 24, 2015.
News ID: 3460919 Publish Date : 2016/09/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined that the world of Islam should hold the Saudis accountable for last year's deadly stampede in Mina, near Mecca, during Hajj.
News ID: 3460917 Publish Date : 2016/09/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Abrahamic hajj , which Islam has presented to Muslims as a gift, is the manifestation of pride, spirituality, unity and glory.
News ID: 3460909 Publish Date : 2016/09/05
TEHRAN (IQNA) – More than 100,000 Iranians have so far registered at the Samah website, launched to facilitate sending pilgrims to Iraq’s holy sites on Arbaeen, an official said.
News ID: 3460875 Publish Date : 2016/08/30
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said a special committee has been set up to restore the rights of families of Iranian pilgrims killed in last year’s crush in Mina, Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 3460793 Publish Date : 2016/08/23
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Egypt’s Ministry of Awqaf has told the country’s pilgrims to avoid political discussions during the upcoming Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 3460769 Publish Date : 2016/08/21
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Quran recitation session was organized at Imamzadeh Jafar (AS) holy site in Yazd, central Iran, in memory of late Iranian Qari Hassan Danesh who died in a crush of pilgrims in Mina, Saudi Arabia, during last year’s Hajj.
News ID: 3460611 Publish Date : 2016/08/06
TEHRAN (IQNA) – 13 People will go on trial next week over a crane collapse in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, that killed more than 100 pilgrims and injured 238 people days before the start of the annual Hajj pilgrimage last year.
News ID: 3460605 Publish Date : 2016/08/06
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A funeral ceremony was held in Tehran on Friday for former Iranian ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi.
News ID: 3457450 Publish Date : 2015/11/27
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The body of a former Iranian diplomat who had gone missing after a crush of people during Hajj has been found.
News ID: 3457256 Publish Date : 2015/11/26
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A new document leaked from Saudi Arabia’s health ministry shows that as many as 7477 pilgrims were killed in last month’s crush of people in Mina, near Makkah, during the Hajj rituals.
News ID: 3391042 Publish Date : 2015/10/21
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Head of the Iranian Hajj Mission, head of the country’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization and other Iranian Hajj officials met with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Monday.
News ID: 3390589 Publish Date : 2015/10/20
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined that the tragic crush of people in this year’s Hajj must not be forgotten.
News ID: 3390491 Publish Date : 2015/10/20
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization said the country continues to pursue the fate of Iranians still missing after the recent crush of Hajj pilgrims in Mina, Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 3385853 Publish Date : 2015/10/16
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani underlined the need for ensuring safety and wellbeing of pilgrims during the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
News ID: 3385276 Publish Date : 2015/10/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – While Saudi authorities have come under fire for their inability to ensure the safety of Hajj pilgrims, Riyadh has said it plans to increase Umrah (minor) Hajj quotas.
News ID: 3384992 Publish Date : 2015/10/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The flight carrying the bodies of 87 more Iranian Hajj pilgrims killed in the recent crush in Mina, near the Saudi city of Makkah, landed at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport early Tuesday.
News ID: 3384850 Publish Date : 2015/10/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The World Union of Muslim Women in a statement expressed condolences over the martyrdom of hundreds of pilgrims from different countries in a crush in Mina, near the holy city of Makkah during Hajj.
News ID: 3384796 Publish Date : 2015/10/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A ceremony was held Thursday, October 8, at the Iranian Cultural Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to commemorate the Hajj pilgrims killed in a recent crush in Mina, Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 3383616 Publish Date : 2015/10/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Head of the Iranian Quranic delegation to Hajj, Saleh Atharifard, and three members of the delegation returned home.
News ID: 3383417 Publish Date : 2015/10/10
