TEHRAN (IQNA) – A non-governmental organization has launched a campaign and petition to establish an international administration to manage the affairs of the two holy mosques of Mecca and Medina.
News ID: 3471541 Publish Date : 2020/05/30
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia will begin easing restrictions on movement and travel this week, more than two months after stringent measures were introduced to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
News ID: 3471514 Publish Date : 2020/05/26
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia's King Salman issued an order to partially lift the curfew in all regions of the kingdom, to become from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., starting Sunday through Wednesday May 13, while keeping a 24-hour curfew in Mecca and in previously isolated neighborhoods.
News ID: 3471261 Publish Date : 2020/04/26
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz approved performing Taraweeh prayers in the Grand Mosque in Mecca and Prophet’s Mosque in Medina.
News ID: 3471231 Publish Date : 2020/04/22
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The custodian of the two holy mosques (Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and Prophet’s Mosque in Medina) said suspension of prayers at the two holy sites has been extended until the end of Ramadan.
News ID: 3471214 Publish Date : 2020/04/21
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi authorities are racing to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in the Islamic holy city of Mecca, where crowded slums and labor camps have accelerated the spread even with much of the country under a 24-hour curfew.
News ID: 3471146 Publish Date : 2020/04/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabian authorities stopped Muslim worshippers from entering and praying at the two holy mosques in Mecca and Medina in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
News ID: 3470963 Publish Date : 2020/03/20
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia said.
News ID: 3470883 Publish Date : 2020/03/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Disinfecting the Grand Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) in Mecca and the Prophet’s (PBUH) Mosque in Medina cis carried out every day amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus.
News ID: 3470877 Publish Date : 2020/03/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Grand Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) in Mecca and the Prophet’s (PBUH) in Medina, Saudi Arabia, were reopened on Friday after disinfection operations in the two holy places.
News ID: 3470841 Publish Date : 2020/03/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pictures show the Grand Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, being sterilized after the country took the ‘unprecedented’ step of banning foreign pilgrims from entering months before the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
News ID: 3470776 Publish Date : 2020/02/29
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An international institute slammed the Saudi regime’s cover-up of what happened during an uprising against the rule of Al Saud in Mecca’s Masjid Al-Haram (Al-Haram Mosque) in 1979.
News ID: 3470548 Publish Date : 2020/02/05
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Over 7,000 copies of the Holy Quran have been put back in bookshelves stationed in the circumambulation area (Mataf) of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as the place is less crowded now at the end of the Haj season this week.
News ID: 3469431 Publish Date : 2019/09/18
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The last batch of contenders in the final stage of Saudi Arabia’s 41st international Quran competition went on the stage to showcase their Quranic talents and win top prizes on Monday night.
News ID: 3469377 Publish Date : 2019/09/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The final stage of the 41st edition of Saudi Arabia’s international Quran competition kicked off in the holy city of Mecca on Saturday, September 7.
News ID: 3469356 Publish Date : 2019/09/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A project to add more than 3,000 square meters of courtyard space near to the Grand Mosque in Mecca is almost complete.
News ID: 3469222 Publish Date : 2019/08/22
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The ceremony to replace the old Kiswa (cover) of the holy Kaaba in Mecca was held on Saturday, involving 160 technicians and craftsmen.
News ID: 3469141 Publish Date : 2019/08/11
Tehran (IQNA)- High-speed rail service will be available for the first time this year during Hajj, the pilgrimage by Muslims to Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca.
News ID: 3469133 Publish Date : 2019/08/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – About 9,000 copies of the Holy Quran are being pulled out of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, every day for errors in the text or incomplete pages, according to Khaled Al-Harithy, director of the department of books of the Presidency of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques.
News ID: 3469111 Publish Date : 2019/08/04
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A photo has been circulating in social media of the first copy of the Holy Quran printed in Mecca.
News ID: 3469101 Publish Date : 2019/08/03
