19 Apr 2024
Sunday 4 October 2015 - 11:56
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Iranians hold funeral ceremonies for Mina victims across country

Iranians hold funeral ceremonies for Mina victims across country
Tehran, Oct 4, IRNA Iranians hold funeral ceremonies for Mina victims across the country after transfer of victims to their hometowns.

The bodies of 104 Iranian Hajj pilgrims killed in Mina tragedy which arrived Tehran on Saturday morning was transferred to their hometowns across the country and their relatives are holding funeral ceremonies for them.
The Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei's office has also held two funeral ceremonies for the victims in Tehran and Qom.
The funeral ceremony for the seven Iranian pilgrims from the Capital, Tehran was held in Tehran University on Sunday.
On September 24, a fatal crush took place in Mina as two large crowds of pilgrims were on their way to participate in the symbolic stoning the Satan, a Hajj ritual.
104 bodies of dead Iranian pilgrims arrived at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport early Saturday.
A total of 465 Iranian pilgrims lost their lives during the Hajj rituals in Mina.

By IRNA
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