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
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Saudi preacher criticized Malaysia for holding a summit of Muslim countries last week, claiming that it ran counter to Islamic teachings.
News ID: 3470167 Publish Date : 2019/12/23
Tehran (IQNA)- The Saudi Ministry of Haj and Umrah has issued a total of 2.21 million Umrah visas in four months since the season started, a weekly statistical report said.
News ID: 3470155 Publish Date : 2019/12/22
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization announced the quota of Iranian pilgrims for next year’s Hajj agreed with the Saudi side.
News ID: 3470139 Publish Date : 2019/12/18
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Joint Quranic Council of Saudi Arabia’s Shia-dominated provinces of Qatif and Dammam announced the dates of the next edition of its Quran competition.
News ID: 3470132 Publish Date : 2019/12/17
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Senior Hajj officials of Iran and Saudi Arabia inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on next year’s Hajj pilgrimage.
News ID: 3470065 Publish Date : 2019/12/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A senior Hamas official slammed the continued detention of tens of Palestinians in Saudi Arabia,
News ID: 3469962 Publish Date : 2019/11/25
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The leader of Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah movement warned Saudi Arabia about the consequences of its ongoing campaign of blockade and aggression against the country.
News ID: 3469757 Publish Date : 2019/10/29
