TEHRAN (Tasnim) Daughter of Irans former ambassador to Lebanon, Ghazanfar Roknabadi, who died in a crush of Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia last September, expressed resentment at lack of any effective measure for pursuing the case with legal action. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency on Tuesday, Zahra Roknabadi said Saudi Arabias move to sever relations ...

Tehran, Dec 18, IRNA Tests taken in Iran show that Ghazanfar Roknabadi, the former Iranian ambassador to Beirut, who lost his life in the Hajj stampede near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, died of hot weather and lack of treatment like other Iranian pilgrims, senior Foreign Ministry official said. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Deputy Foreign Minister for ...

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A funeral procession has been held for Irans former Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi, who died in a crush during Hajj rituals in Saudi Arabia more than two months ago. Roknabadi had been missing since the September 24 crush in Saudi Arabia until recently, when his body was identified after DNA testing. The Iranian diplomats body was returned ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The funeral procession of Irans former ambassador to Lebanon, Ghazanfar Roknabadi, who lost his life in a September crush of Hajj pilgrims in Mina, Saudi Arabia, is planned to be held here in Tehran on Friday. After a special ceremony, the body of the deceased will be transferred from Tehran's Mehrabad Airport to Grand Prayer Grounds ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans foreign minister offered condolences on the death of the countrys former ambassador to Lebanon, Ghazanfar Roknabadi, who was confirmed to have been killed in a September crush of Hajj pilgrims in Mina, near Saudi Arabias Mecca. In a message on Thursday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sent his deep condolences to the ...

A senior Iranian official has offered condolences to the family of a former Iranian ambassador to Lebanon who had been missing since the September 24 crush in Saudi Arabia until recently, when his body was identified. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Irans deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs, met with the family of late Ghazanfar Roknabadi ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Body of former Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Rokn-Abadi who went missing in Mina would be sent to Tehran on Thursday. He was among the missing pilgrims during Mina deadly crush during Hajj pilgrimage. He was identified through DNA tests, ISNA learned from reliable sources. Saudi Arabia claims nearly 770 people were ...

Tehran, Nov 11, IRNA Sister of Iran's former Ambassador to Lebanon, Ghazanfar Roknabadi called for Saudi Arabia's accountability towards the fate of his brother who went missing during the recent Hajj pilgrimage in Mina tragedy near Mecca. 'Saudi Arabia is to be blamed and it should be accountable towards the fate of my brother,' Iran Roknabadi ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- An Iranian deputy foreign minister reiterated that the former Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Rokn-Abadi went missing in Mina deadly crush is still alive. Our information suggests that Rokn-Abadi is still alive and we want Saudi Arabia to return him alive, said Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Countries ...

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Irans former Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi, who has been missing since a crush during Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, may have been kidnapped, his brother tells Press TV. In a Thursday interview with Press TV, Ahmad Roknabadi referred to the 2013 twin bombings outside the Iranian Embassy in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, saying that ...

Tehran, Nov 5, IRNA Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Iran was pursuing the fate of its former ambassador to Beirut Ghazanfar Roknabadi through the United Nations (UN) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Talking to IRNA on Thursday, Amir Abdollahian said officials at Hajj and Pilgrimage ...

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that Iran's former ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi is still unaccounted for but that he hopes the former diplomat returns to his family soon. Speaking at a funeral procession Tuesday for Ahmad Fahima, an Iranian Foreign Ministry official who was killed in the Mina stampede in Saudi Arabia, the ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi rejected the claims that Tehran's former ambassador to Beirut, Qazanfar Roknabadi, who went missing during the recent crush in Saudi Arabia is dead, and said there is a growing body of evidence vindicating his abduction in Saudi Arabia....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The body of Ghazanfar Roknabadi, the former Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, has not been found among the countrys Hajj pilgrims killed in the deadly crush of people in Mina, Saudi Arabia, the deputy head of Irans Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization announced on Tuesday. Still the status of 65 Iranians, who have lost their lives in the ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Scale of Saudi imprudence in Mina unacceptable: President Rouhani Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the scale of imprudence on the part of Saudi authorities in dealing with the recent crush that occurred in Mina near the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca is unacceptable.   Former ...

A senior Iranian diplomat says the Islamic Republic is seriously pursuing the fate of former Irans ambassador to Lebanon who remains unaccounted for after the tragic September 24 crush in Mina, Saudi Arabia. The [Iranian] Foreign Ministry is seriously pursuing the fate of Ghazanfar Roknabadi, the missing diplomat in the Mina catastrophe in Saudi ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Iranian deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs announced that efforts are underway to find the former ambassador to Lebanon, who went missing after a deadly crush in Mina, Saudi Arabia. The former Iranian ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi is still among the missing nationals in the tragic event in Mina,...

Tehran, Sept 28, IRNA Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said the former Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi used a regular passport for his Hajj trip. She made the remark in response to the claims by some Arab media She rejected the claims by some Arab media that Roknabadi travelled through non-official routes to Saudi ...