Iran Air has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia on the final timetable for the Hajj pilgrimage.

Irans Foreign Minister Hossein AmirAbdollahian has called for the immediate release of an Iranian citizen detained in Saudi Arabia during the Hajj pilgrimage. AmirAbdollahian made the call in a phone conversation with his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Albusaidi on Friday as the two exchanged views on the latest developments in regional issues and ...

Iran Front Page - Iran has expressed its objection over Saudi Arabias contradictory behaviour and foot-dragging with regards to the Hajj issue. The head of the Iranian Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, who had earlier said Iranian pilgrims would start going on Hajj pilgrimage as of June 26, 2020, says Riyadh has not yet made any announcement on ...

AP | AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL: The coronavirus outbreak disrupted Islamic worship in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia on Wednesday banned its citizens and other residents of the kingdom from performing the pilgrimage in Mecca, while Iran canceled Friday prayers in major cities. The decisions in Riyadh and Tehran affected both Sunni and Shia Muslims ...

IRNA Head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Ali-Reza Rashidian left for Saudi Arabia on Saturday to hold talks with Saudi officials on the next year's Hajj ritual. Rashidian's visit is taking place at the invitation of Saudi Hajj and Umrah minister. Prior to his departure, Rashidian said that he will review arrangements with Saudi officials ...

Tasnim - Millions of Muslims began the annual hajj Pilgrimage one of the world's largest religious gatherings, on Friday. It is one of the largest gatherings of humans in the world with more than two million people expected to take part this year from around 188 countries. Hajj season for 2019 falls between 9 and 14 August. The pilgrimage rituals ...

MNA � More than two million Muslims from across the globe have arrived in Mecca for the yearly Hajj pilgrimage. Hajj is one of the world's largest religious gatherings.  

MNA Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei described Hajj pilgrimage as a manifestation of political obligation and religious submission to God. Addressing a meeting with Hajj organizers in Tehran on Wednesday, Ayatollah Khamenei said, Hajj is a manifestation of submission to and humbleness before God." Regarding other aspects ...

ISNA � Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday received officials in charge of Hajj pilgrimage affairs. The meeting is being held on the threshold of the annual Hajj congregation.    

IRNA Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday received officials in charge of Hajj pilgrimage affairs. The meeting is being held on the threshold of the annual Hajj congregation. The annual Hajj is a major religious duty for Muslims and must be performed at least once during a Muslim's lifetime. About ...

Tehran Times - This year, some 86,550 Iranians will travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for performing hajj pilgrimage, deputy director of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, has said. Performing hajj is compulsory on every Muslim at least once in their life time. It is one of the largest annual gathering of human beings on earth, with approximately three ...

MNA Al Saud and Al Khalifa regimes are trying to abuse the Hajj Pilgrimage and the Formula One motor race to their own benefit. Amnesty International has recently announced that Bahrain regime is using Formula One motor race to present a good picture of itself; However, Bahrain has an extremely oppressive regime and any citizen could ...

Tasnim The head of Irans Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization started an official visit to Saudi Arabia to hold talks with senior officials of the Arab country about ways to facilitate Iranian nationals pilgrimage during next years Hajj season. Heading a high-ranking delegation, Alireza Rashidian left Tehran for Saudi Arabia on Sunday morning at the ...

Press TV - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the annual Hajj pilgrimage demonstrates the power of the Islamic Ummah and boosts contacts among Muslims. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting on Monday with a group of Iranian officials in charge of organizing the Hajj pilgrimage. The Leader noted that ...

IRNA - A number of Iranian Hajj officials and organizers met Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on Monday. Each year thousands of Iranians attend Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Around 80 thousand Iranian Muslims traveled to Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia this year to perform the Hajj rituals Further details of the meeting ...

MNA Iranian Hajj pilgrims are planned to start returning home from Monday all through Sep. 15, according to an Iranian airports official. The director of Iranian Hajj Operations Department at the Air Fleet and Airports Company Mahmoud Razavi said on Saturday that the first return flight will leave Medina for Irans Bushehr airport on August 27 and ...

Tasnim - Millions of Muslims celebrated the Eid al-Adha in Mecca on Tuesday during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The Saudi Al-Quran TV channel showed hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims walking around the Kaaba and praying in Mecca on the day of Festival of the Sacrifice. Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of the Sacrifice, honors Ibrahim, the messenger ...

Reuters | Muhammad Yamany: More than two million Muslim pilgrims hurled pebbles at a giant wall in a symbolic stoning of the devil on Tuesday, the start of the riskiest part of the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia where hundreds died in a crush three years ago. Clad in white robes signifying a state of purity, men and women from 165 countries ...

Press TV - More than two million Muslims from around the globe have converged in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia to start this years Hajj pilgrimage. The annual Hajj pilgrimage started on Sunday. The gathering in one place of Muslims from across the globe is seen as a means of sending across the message of Muslim unity to the entire world....

IRNA By the end of August 13, 80,000 Iranians had arrived at the Saudi airports to take part in the huge congregation of Hajj, a Hajj official on Tuesday told the Islamic Republic News Agency. 'So far 293 flights have taken Iranian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, 177 of which have been Iranian flights and 177 Saudi ones,' said Mahmoud Razavi. This ...