TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Saudi court has sentenced one of the kingdom’s famous Quran reciters and political activists to 12 years in prison, a report said.
News ID: 3480845 Publish Date : 2022/10/15
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi authorities says visas for the Umrah pilgrimage have been extended from one to three months for all nationalities.
News ID: 3480705 Publish Date : 2022/10/03
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi authorities have launched on Monday a unified platform “nusuk.sa” that will serve as the new gateway to Mecca and Medina.
News ID: 3480642 Publish Date : 2022/09/27
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia plans to fund Cuba’s first mosque for Muslims living in the Latin American country.
News ID: 3480560 Publish Date : 2022/09/20
TEHRAN (IQNA) – According to latest figured published by Saudi media, more than 100,000 pilgrims have visited Medina since the start of this year’s Umrah season so far.
News ID: 3480279 Publish Date : 2022/08/30
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A court in Saudi Arabia handed a ten-year jail term to a prominent imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque in Mecca.
News ID: 3480201 Publish Date : 2022/08/23
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Indonesian officials have urged the Saudi government to review the plan to implement a business-to-consumer (B2C) scheme for the Umrah pilgrimage this year.
News ID: 3480161 Publish Date : 2022/08/20
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Children of all ages are allowed to enter the Grand Mosque in Mecca, according to the Saudi authorities.
News ID: 3480077 Publish Date : 2022/08/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – According to Saudi authorities, more than 850,000 Umrah permits and visas have been issued so far.
News ID: 3480053 Publish Date : 2022/08/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Oman has reportedly rejected the request to allow Israeli airplanes fly through its airspace unlike the measure which was adopted by Saudi authorities.
News ID: 3480050 Publish Date : 2022/08/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi authorities say there is no limitation for the number of overseas Muslims wishing to perform Umrah this year.
News ID: 3480007 Publish Date : 2022/08/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia was urged by the UN to stop the imminent “arbitrary” execution of two Bahraini men accused of trumped-up terrorism-related crimes.
News ID: 3479999 Publish Date : 2022/08/06
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A museum in Saudi Arabia is using contemporary artworks and modern technologies to showcase the Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that led to the establishment of the Muslim community.
News ID: 3479990 Publish Date : 2022/08/06
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Barriers around the Holy Kaaba have been removed, enabling the pilgrims to touch the house of Allah during the 2022 season of Umrah.
News ID: 3479952 Publish Date : 2022/08/03
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A retrial has been ordered in the Mecca Grand Mosque crane crash case, with the acquittal of the defendants overturned.
News ID: 3479850 Publish Date : 2022/07/26
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi authorities have arrested a Saudi citizen who has allegedly facilitates the entry of an Israeli journalist into Mecca, defying ban on entry of non-Muslims.
News ID: 3479787 Publish Date : 2022/07/22
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An Israeli reporter visited the holy city of Mecca, where non-Muslims are not allowed, just days after US President Joe Biden visited Saudi Arabia with a push for normalization on his agenda.
News ID: 3479756 Publish Date : 2022/07/19
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced the resumption of issuing Umrah visas that had been suspended during the Hajj season.
News ID: 3479707 Publish Date : 2022/07/15
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Riyadh has launched the second phase of a project to restore historic mosques in the country.
News ID: 3479697 Publish Date : 2022/07/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Presidents of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and the Saudi Red Crescent Authority met in Mina on Sunday, discussing bilateral cooperation.
News ID: 3479653 Publish Date : 2022/07/11