Virus halts pilgrimages to Mecca, Friday prayers in Iran
AP | AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL: The coronavirus outbreak disrupted Islamic worship in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia on Wednesday…
Tag Archives: Hajj Pilgrimage
Iran Hajj official off to Saudi Arabia for talks on major Hajj ritual
IRNA – Head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Ali-Reza Rashidian left for Saudi Arabia on Saturday to hold talks with Saudi officials…
Photos: Annual Hajj pilgrimage
MNA – More than two million Muslims from across the globe have arrived in Mecca for the yearly Hajj pilgrimage. Hajj is…
Millions of muslims perform annual hajj pilgrimage
Tasnim – Millions of Muslims began the annual hajj Pilgrimage one of the world’s largest religious gatherings, on Friday. It is one…
Hajj is a political, religious obligation: Leader
MNA – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei described Hajj pilgrimage as a manifestation of political obligation and religious submission…
Photos: Leader receives officials in charge of Hajj affairs
ISNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday received officials in charge of Hajj pilgrimage affairs.…
Leader receives officials in charge of Hajj affairs
IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday received officials in charge of Hajj pilgrimage affairs.…
86, 550 Iranians to start hajj pilgrimage
Tehran Times – This year, some 86,550 Iranians will travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for performing hajj pilgrimage, deputy director of Hajj…
How Al Saud and Al Khalifa manipulate Formula One and Hajj pilgrimage?
MNA – Al Saud and Al Khalifa regimes are trying to abuse the Hajj Pilgrimage and the Formula One motor race to…
Iranian official leaves for Saudi Arabia to discuss next year Hajj
Tasnim – The head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization started an official visit to Saudi Arabia to hold talks with senior…
Hajj demonstrates power of Islamic Ummah: Ayatollah Khamenei
Press TV – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the annual Hajj pilgrimage demonstrates the power of the…
Hajj officials meet Supreme Leader
IRNA – A number of Iranian Hajj officials and organizers met Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on Monday. Each year…
Iranian Hajj pilgrims to start returning home from Aug. 27
MNA – Iranian Hajj pilgrims are planned to start returning home from Monday all through Sep. 15, according to an Iranian airports…
Muslims at Hajj converge on Jamarat for ritual stoning of the devil
Reuters | Muhammad Yamany: More than two million Muslim pilgrims hurled pebbles at a giant wall in a symbolic stoning of the…
Millions of Muslims celebrate Eid Al-Adha in Mecca
Tasnim – Millions of Muslims celebrated the Eid al-Adha in Mecca on Tuesday during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The Saudi Al-Quran TV…
More than two million Muslims begin Hajj pilgrimage
Press TV – More than two million Muslims from around the globe have converged in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi…
80,000 Iranians attending Hajj
IRNA – By the end of August 13, 80,000 Iranians had arrived at the Saudi airports to take part in the huge…
Imam Khomeini Intl. Airport (IKA) ready for Hajj 2018
MNA – Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) authorities have said that the terminal 1 of the airport is poised to dispatch about…
Iran to dispatch above 10,000 Sunni pilgrims to Hajj 2018: Official
MNA – The Iranian Leader’s Representative in Hajj Affairs, Seyyed Ali Qazi Askar says that Iranian government treats Sunnis and Shias equally,…
The land of Mecca belong to all Muslims, not a particular govt
Khamenei.ir – As the time for Abrahamic rituals of Hajj approaches— the time when people leave for Mecca to perform Hajj— organizers…
Iran, Saudi Arabia reach deal on Hajj 2018
IFP- Iranian and Saudi officials have reached an agreement on terms of this year’s Hajj rituals, said Iranian Minister of Culture and…
Official promises ‘safe Hajj rituals’ for Iranian pilgrims this year
MNA – Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organizations Hamid Mohammadi underlined the need for holding of a safe Hajj this year,…
Iranian delegation to visit Saudi Arabia for Hajj talks
IFP- Iran will send a delegation to Saudi Arabia to prepare the grounds for the Iranian pilgrims’ presence in the next year’s…
Hajj best opportunity to foil anti-Iran propaganda: Leader
Press TV- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the annual Hajj pilgrimage provides the best opportunity to thwart the…
Iran’s expectations fulfilled in Hajj, official says
Tasnim– An Iranian official expressed satisfaction with the “dignified” presence of the country’s nationals in this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia,…
Hajj basically aims to promote Islamic awakening
MNA– Ayatollah Emami Kashani said the philosophy of Hajj was awakening of the Islamic world urging heads of Islamic countries to observe…
Muslims in Iran, worldwide celebrate Eid al-Adha
Press TV- Muslims in Iran and across the globe are celebrating Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), an important festival on the Islamic calendar…
More than 1.7m Muslims performing Hajj in Mecca
Financial Tribune- More than 1.7 million pilgrims started the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday by circling the cube-shaped Kaaba in…
Qatar denies blocking Saudi Arabian flights for Hajj
Press TV- Qatar denies having banned Saudi flights from landing in the emirate to take pilgrims to the annual Hajj in the kingdom. The…
Iranian families to visit Saudi Arabia to identify Hajj crush victims
Press TV- Eleven relatives of the Iranian victims of the 2015 Hajj crush in Saudi Arabia are to travel to the kingdom to…
Iranian return to hajj could help end Saudi deadlock
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: For the first time in two years, Tehran has sent Iranian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the annual…
Saudi Arabia to open border with Qatar to let pilgrims attend hajj
The Guardian- Move by King Salman follows the hosting of an envoy from Doha – the first signs of a thaw in…
All Iranian Hajj pilgrims in good health: IRCS Official
Tasnim – A senior official at the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said no Iranian Hajj pilgrims visiting Saudi Arabia’s holy cities…
‘31 Hajj pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia in one day’
Press TV- At least 31 people have lost their lives in one day during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. The…
Mecca ruled by House of Saud should belong to all Muslims
RT | Ms. Marwa Osman: How fair is it that Islam’s holiest sites, Mecca and Medina, are controlled by Saudi Arabia, with…
Zarif has no plan to attend Hajj rituals this year: Spokesman
IRNA – Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Bahram Qasemi said here on Friday that Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif has no plan to…
Despite concerns over pilgrim security, Iran resumes Hajj
Iranian Diplomacy- Middle East expert, Hassan Hanizadeh: In the light of the incidents that occurred in recent years, the Saudi regime has…
Ten-member Iranian consular delegation arrives in Medina
IRNA – A ten-member delegation from Iran’s foreign ministry arrived in Medina on Thursday morning to prepare grounds for this year Hajj…
Iranian diplomatic team is to depart for Saudi Arabia
IRNA — An informed source acknowledged on Thursday that visa for Iranian diplomatic team has been issued by Saudi Arabia. He said…