Riyadh failed to fulfil promise regarding Mina incident: Qazi Askar
Tehran Times – Ali Qazi Askar, the Leader’s former representative for Hajj affairs, says Tehran has recently sent a letter to Riyadh…
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S. Arabia to pay blood money of Iran pilgrims
IRNA – The check issued to award compensation to the family members of those Iranian pilgrims killed in Mecca in 2015 has…
Legislator urges FM for serious follow-up on Mina
MNA – Spokesman for Iranian Parliament National Security Commission Naghavi Hosseini urged Iranian Foreign Ministry to seriously follow up fact-finding committee on…
DNA test conducted for Iranian Hajj martyrs
IRNA – An Iranian senior Hajj official said on Tuesday that in the past couple of days, DNA test was carried out…
Iran pilgrims flock to Saudi Arabia in diplomatic icebreaker
AFP – In a diplomatic icebreaker between political foes, tens of thousands of Muslim faithful from Iran have flocked to Saudi Arabia…
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…
Iranian official to visit Saudi Arabia for Hajj preparations
Tasnim – Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Hamid Mohammadi is going to visit Saudi Arabia for talks on preparations for…
Consulate clerks to accompany Iranians on Hajj: Spokesman
IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Monday that 10 consulate members of the Iranian ministry of foreign affairs will…
Saudi gives Iran written assurances over pilgrims’ security: Minister
Press TV- Iran’s culture minister says Saudi Arabia has provided “written assurances” that it will meet all of Tehran’s conditions with regard…
Iranians to take part in hajj despite tensions with Saudis
AP) — Iran will allow its citizens to take part in this year’s hajj pilgrimage despite soaring tensions with archrival Saudi Arabia.…
Senior MP voices concern over safety of Iranian pilgrims in upcoming Hajj rituals
FNA- Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi voiced deep concern over the safety of the…
10 Iranian envoys granted entry to Saudi Arabia for Hajj affairs
Tasnim – Saudi Arabia has granted 10 Iranian Foreign Ministry representatives entry into the kingdom for handling consular affairs and helping Iranian…
Hajj official: Mina tragedy main topic of current talks with Saudi Arabia
IRNA – Senior Hajj official on Friday said talks with Saudi officials have not been finalized yet and the two sides are…
Iran replies to Saudi Hajj invite
MNA– The Islamic Republic of Iran has replied to Saudi Arabia’s Hajj invite to inform the Saudi side of Iran’s conditions for…
Iran to focus on compensation, blood money in talks with Saudi officials
IRNA – The Supreme Leader’s representative for Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs Hojjatoleslam Ali Qazi Asgar said that Iran is going to focus…
Iranians to go on Hajj pilgrimage under certain conditions: MP
IFP- After Saudi Arabia cut its diplomatic ties with Iran in early 2016, Iranian Muslims can’t participate anymore in Hajj- the annual…
Iran wants security guarantees from Riyadh to send pilgrims to Hajj rituals
IRNA – Caretaker of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Hamid Mohammadi said on Monday that Iran’ main condition to resume sending pilgrims…
Saudi Arabia accused of ‘trying to impose Wahhabism’ on Iran via TV
This year the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca came amid the ongoing conflicts in Syria and Yemen and heightened tensions between Saudi…
Bodies of 40 Iranian pilgrims buried in Saudi Arabia
Gonbad Kavoos, Golestan prov, Sept 12, IRNA – Head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi said none of the bodies of…
Weekly report: Iran’s Leader message on 2016 Hajj pilgrimage
September 11, The Iran Project – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah seyyed Ali Khamenei issuing Hajj message, President of French National Assembly Claude Bartolone…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 7
The remarks made by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei about the responsibilities of clerics and seminarians as…
Iran’s Leader slams silence of other states on 2015 Hajj tragedy
The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Islamic Republic has been the only critical voice against the deaths…
President vows Iran’s political, legal action on Mina tragedy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani underscored on Wednesday that his administration will press ahead with legal and political measures to…
Saudi Arabia’s top cleric says Iranians are ‘not Muslims’
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s top cleric heightened the Kingdom’s rhetoric against Iranians, saying they are “not Muslims,” a day…
Iran’s Velayati: Mina tragedy to uproot Al Saud ruling dynasty
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Head of the Strategic Research Center of Iran’s Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati slammed Riyadh for its negligence to…
One year on, Mina catastrophe still unexplained
Alwaght- Thousands of Muslim pilgrims lost their lives in a stampede during Hajj ceremony (Pilgrimage) in the Saudi city of Mina last year;…
Saudi Arabia picks UK firm to make e-bracelets for pilgrims
Saudi Arabia has reportedly awarded the British security firm G4S a deal to make electronic bracelets for millions of pilgrims who have…
Saudi withholding Iranians’ blood money: Iran Hajj official
The head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization says Saudi Arabia continues to withhold all cooperation toward compensating the victims of a…
Foreign Ministry works to take reparations from Saudis for the dead
Tehran, Aug 30, IRNA – The Foreign Ministry is working with Saudi government to get reparations for the victims of the human…
Daughter of Iranian diplomat killed in Mina upset at lengthy legal action
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Daughter of Iran’s former ambassador to Lebanon, Ghazanfar Roknabadi, who died in a crush of Hajj pilgrims in Saudi…
Will film on 2015 hajj disaster further tarnish Iran-Saudi relations?
Sept. 24, 2015, was a tragic day. More than 700 people were killed in a stampede during the annual hajj pilgrimage in…
Official: Iranian diplomatic team to visit France to pursue Mina tragedy case
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A delegation from Iran’s Foreign Ministry will go to France as part of legal efforts to restore the rights…
Iran’s coverage: Iran’s Foreign Ministry seriously pursuing Mina tragedy case: Spokesman
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Saudi responsible for last year Mina tragedy: Iran Iran says Saudi Arabia…
Saudi Arabia to pay blood money for Mina martyrs after Hajj rituals
TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) – Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi said Saudi officials promised to pay compensation to…
Photos: Iran holds memorial service for Mina Tragedy victims
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A memorial service was held on Monday in Tehran to pay tribute to the 464 Iranian Hajj pilgrims who…
Saudis fear Iran shedding light on Hajj tragedy: Iran official
An Iranian official says Saudi officials are afraid of undisclosed dimensions of a deadly stampede during the Hajj pilgrimage last year coming to light. Saudi Arabia…
Saudi must ensure security or no Iran pilgrims: Hajj official
The head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization says the Islamic Republic will not send pilgrims to this year’s Hajj unless Saudi…
Iran official slams Saudi perversity in Hajj talks
The head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization says Saudi officials continuing to stonewall in the talks with the Islamic Republic about the dispatch…
Iranian cleric deplores Saudis for shirking responsibility on Hajj
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A representative of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei took a swipe at the Saudi officials…
Safety of Iranian pilgrims should be guaranteed by Saudi authorities
AhlulBayt News Agency – The head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization says Riyadh must guarantee the safety of Iranian pilgrims as a condition…