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) – The Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization hoped that the coronavirus pandemic will be gone by the time the warm season begins and the Hajj will be held, but said the country is ready for different scenarios regarding the pilgrimage.
News ID: 3471063 Publish Date : 2020/04/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia extended the duration of daily curfews Monday in four governorates and five cities, including the capital, to 24 hours to combat coronavirus as confirmed deaths from the disease hit 38.
News ID: 3471059 Publish Date : 2020/04/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance said 8,724 mosques in different provinces of the country have been disinfected to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
News ID: 3471019 Publish Date : 2020/04/03
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia postponed its national Quran competition due the coronavirus pandemic.
News ID: 3471004 Publish Date : 2020/03/30
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia claimed it has intercepted two ballistic missiles over the capital Riyadh and the city of Jizan, south of the kingdom.
News ID: 3471000 Publish Date : 2020/03/29
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Islamic Affairs Dawah and Guidance said all mosques in the country will be closed if necessary in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
News ID: 3470919 Publish Date : 2020/03/15
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Thousands of Muslims returning to Turkey from a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were being taken into quarantine on Sunday due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, Turkish officials said.
News ID: 3470918 Publish Date : 2020/03/15
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia has suspended all international flights for two weeks, starting Sunday, to prevent the spread of coronavirus, state news agency SPA said on Saturday, citing an official source at interior ministry.
News ID: 3470906 Publish Date : 2020/03/14
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) – Saudi authorities on Monday announced the discovery of four more new coronavirus cases and that it was suspending travel by air and sea between the Kingdom and nine countries to prevent the spread of the disease.
News ID: 3470856 Publish Date : 2020/03/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia has detained three senior Saudi princes including Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, the younger brother of King Salman, and Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the king’s nephew, for allegedly planning a coup, sources with knowledge of the matter said.
News ID: 3470853 Publish Date : 2020/03/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia banned its citizens and other residents of the kingdom from performing Umrah pilgrimage in Mecca or visiting the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina amid the rapid spread of a coronavirus worldwide, expanding an earlier such ban on foreigners.
News ID: 3470833 Publish Date : 2020/03/05
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Shia activist in Saudi Arabia’s Qatif region was sentenced to death.
News ID: 3470800 Publish Date : 2020/03/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia temporarily suspended entry for individuals aiming to perform Umrah pilgrimage or to visit the Prophet's Mosque in Medina over concerns of the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus.
News ID: 3470769 Publish Date : 2020/02/27
TEHRAN (IQNA) – There have been some calls in Saudi Arabia for cancelling Umrah pilgrimage to the country amid concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus.
News ID: 3470749 Publish Date : 2020/02/25
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Grand Mufti of Yemen and head of Yemen Scholars Association said Saudi Arabia sees no obstacle to granting the entire Palestine to Jews, describing such an approach as the principled policy of the Riyadh regime.
News ID: 3470699 Publish Date : 2020/02/20
TEHRAN (IQNA) – More than 10,000 civilians were killed or wounded in Afghanistan's war last year, the United Nations announced Saturday, as a historic partial truce kicked in across the country.
News ID: 3470698 Publish Date : 2020/02/22
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Israeli authorities are reportedly working hard to arrange a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the kingdom, as the Tel Aviv regime is bringing out in the open its relations with several Arab countries after years of clandestine contacts.
News ID: 3470561 Publish Date : 2020/02/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Hebrew translation the Quran published in Saudi Arabia contains more than 300 distortions and errors, an Arab expert said.
News ID: 3470458 Publish Date : 2020/01/27
