TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia is considering canceling the annual Hajj pilgrimage this year because the coronavirus pandemic.
News ID: 3471672 Publish Date : 2020/06/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization said different scenarios regarding this year’s Hajj pilgrimage will be discussed in a meeting of the country’s Supreme Hajj Council.
News ID: 3471647 Publish Date : 2020/06/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia could drastically limit numbers at the annual Hajj pilgrimage to prevent a further outbreak of coronavirus after cases in the country topped 100,000, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
News ID: 3471645 Publish Date : 2020/06/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia surpassed 100,000 on Sunday, the health ministry said, amid a new surge in infections just weeks ahead of the start of the Hajj.
News ID: 3471634 Publish Date : 2020/06/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi authorities have closed down 39 mosques in the Kingdom after coronavirus infections were suspected among worshippers or those in charge of the sites, state-media reported.
News ID: 3471626 Publish Date : 2020/06/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Sheikh Mahmoud Sakar, known as the oldest Quran teacher in Saudi Arabia, died at the age of 90.
News ID: 3471603 Publish Date : 2020/06/06
TEHRAN (IQNA) – First Vice-Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives Hassan Karim al-Kaabi called on Saudi Arabia to restore the Baqi Cemetery in the holy city of Medina.
News ID: 3471580 Publish Date : 2020/06/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization said the country has made all the preparations for sending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for Hajj but it is not still certain that the pilgrimage will be held this year.
News ID: 3471578 Publish Date : 2020/06/02
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) – As the coronavirus outbreak has plunged the ritual to perform Hajj pilgrimage into doubt, Indonesia called on Saudi Arabia to discuss whether it will allow the Holy pilgrimage or not.
News ID: 3471485 Publish Date : 2020/05/20
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A 98-year-old woman in Saudi Arabia managed to learn the entire Quran by heart.
News ID: 3471425 Publish Date : 2020/05/15
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia will begin Istihlal (moonsighting) to determine the end of the holy month of Ramadan on Friday, May 22, a Saudi astronomer said.
News ID: 3471423 Publish Date : 2020/05/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance Sheikh Abdullatif Al-Asheikh launched on Tuesday the second version of mobile phone app for the Holy Quran.
News ID: 3471300 Publish Date : 2020/04/29
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) – Palestinian and Jordanian nationals currently being held in jails across Saudi Arabia are denied proper medical treatment, and are simply given sedatives in case of complications.
News ID: 3471212 Publish Date : 2020/04/21
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Turkish authorities blocked Saudi and United Arab Emirates news websites Sunday, days after the sites of Turkey's state broadcaster and news agency were blocked in Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 3471202 Publish Date : 2020/04/20
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Japanese university scholar and political analyst said Iran and Saudi Arabia can move toward easing tensions and the common challenge of the coronavirus provides a good opportunity for that.
News ID: 3471185 Publish Date : 2020/04/19
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) raised serious questions about the circumstances surrounding Saudi Arabia’s mass arrest, detention, and trial of scores of Palestinians and Jordanians for, what Riyadh calls, association with an unnamed “terrorist organization.”
News ID: 3471169 Publish Date : 2020/04/18
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
