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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 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

TEHRAN (IQNA) - The total number of Egyptians who died during a stampede in the hajj reached 138, with 96 still missing, announced Mohamed Mokhtar Juma, the Minister of Awqaf (religious endowment.)
News ID: 3379426    Publish Date : 2015/10/05

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Body of Hassan Danesh, an eminent Iranian Quran reciter who died in the recent crush in mina, Saudi Arabia, has been identified.
News ID: 3379229    Publish Date : 2015/10/04

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Mourning ceremonies were held in Tehran and a number of other cities on Sunday for a number of Iranian pilgrims who lost their lives in a recent crush in Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 3379202    Publish Date : 2015/10/04

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Bodies of 104 of Iranian Hajj pilgrims killed in recent Mina crush arrived at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran on Saturday.
News ID: 3379184    Publish Date : 2015/10/04

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Director of the Dar-ol-Quran Center of Kufa, Iraq, dismissed the claim raised by some Saudi officials that Iran has been politicizing the recent crush of Hajj pilgrims in Mina which left hundreds of pilgrims dead.
News ID: 3379130    Publish Date : 2015/10/04

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Croatian President sent a message of condolence, expressing deep sorrow over the deaths of hundreds of Iranian Hajj pilgrims in a recent crush in Mina, near Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 3379032    Publish Date : 2015/10/04

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Tanzania’s Muslim scholars have demanded formation of an international probe team on the cause of a recent crush of Hajj pilgrims that took hundreds of lives, joining the world camp of those accusing the Saudi authorities of inefficiency in managing the world’s largest gathering of Muslims from across the globe.
News ID: 3377962    Publish Date : 2015/10/06

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A ceremony will be held Sunday, October 4, to commemorate the Iranian Hajj pilgrims who lost their lives in the September 24 crush in Mina, near Makkah.
News ID: 3377365    Publish Date : 2015/10/02

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Islamic Center of England issued a statement on September 29 extending condolence over the death of Hajj pilgrims in Mina tragic incident.
News ID: 3377158    Publish Date : 2015/10/02

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The names of Hassan Danesh, Foad Mash’ali and Saeed Saeedizadeh, Iranian Quran reciters dispatched to Hajj pilgrimage, were included in the list of Iranian pilgrims killed in a recent crush in Mina, near the holy city of Makkah.
News ID: 3377124    Publish Date : 2015/10/01

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization confirmed that 464 Iranian Hajj pilgrims were killed in the recent crush in Mina, Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 3377040    Publish Date : 2015/10/01

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Saudi Arabia has not made good on its obligations regarding the recent deadly Hajj incident, saying Iran's possible response will be "tough and harsh."
News ID: 3377031    Publish Date : 2015/10/01

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A rally was held in the northeastern Iranian holy city of Mashhad in protest Saudi Arabia’s incompetence in running the Hajj pilgrimage, which led to the deadly Mina crush in Mina, near Makkah, on Thursday.
News ID: 3374686    Publish Date : 2015/09/30

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A number of Senegal Muslim scholars and cultural figures have sent condolence messages over the death of Iranian Hajj pilgrims in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca.
News ID: 3374626    Publish Date : 2015/09/30