Missing Iranian Hajj pilgrims might have been buried in Saudi Arabia
Tehran, Oct 20, IRNA – Head of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Medical Center at the Islamic Republic of Iran Red Crescent Society…
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Number of missing Iranian pilgrims down to 67
Tehran, Oct 9, IRNA – Head of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, Saeed Ohadi, said on Friday that number of Iranians missing…
Minister: Exact number of Hajj victims to be announced after return of all pilgrims
Tehran, Oct 6, IRNA – Iranian Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education Seyed Hassan Hashemi said on Tuesday that accurate number…
Photos: Iran holds funeral for Mina victims
Iranian people in capital Tehran and other cities on Sunday attended the funeral of the Hajj pilgrims who died in a September…
Kyrgyz president condoles Iran over Mina tragedy
Tehran, Oct 3, IRNA – Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev in a message on Saturday expressed grief to his counterpart President Hassan Rouhani…
Fact-finding committee should be formed on Mina crush: Rouhani
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has urged the formation of a fact-finding committee to shed light on the main causes of the September 24 deadly…
Saudi King expresses condolence to Supreme Leader and nation
Tehran, October 1, The Iran Project – The Saudi King expresses condolence to the Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei, the…
Deputy FM: No permission issued for burying Iranian pilgrims in Mecca
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian underlined that Tehran hasn’t issued any permission to…
Iran death toll at Mina hits 227
Tehran, Sept 29, IRNA – The death toll of the Iranian pilgrims reached 227, Head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, Saeed Ohadi…
80% of missing Iranian pilgrims in Mina probably dead: Minister
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – While due to Riyadh’s mishandling of situation after a Thursday’s crush of Hajj pilgrims the fate of hundreds of…
Iranian pilgrims’ bodies back home in near future
Tehran, Sept 16, IRNA – The bodies of 10 Iranian pilgrims killed in a tower crane incident in the Saudi holy city…
Iranian pilgrims death toll in Mecca crane accident reaches to 8
Tehran, Sept. 14, IRNA – Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeid Ohadi said on Sunday that number of Iranian pilgrims…
Photos: Iranian pilgrims head to Mecca for Hajj pilgrimage
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The first group of Iranian pilgrims left Imam Khomeini International Airport in the Iranian capital of Tehran for the…
Iran may resume sending pilgrims to Syria’s religious sites: Official
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi is slated to make an official visit to Syria to…
Iran planning to facilitate pilgrimage to Karbala: Police commander
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Deputy Police Chief Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni announced new plans to improve infrastructures and facilitate pilgrimage to the…
Saudi offenders indicted for harassment of Iranian pilgrims: Official
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs announced that the two Saudi officers who harassed two Iranian teenagers at…
Pilgrimage to Iraq in Ramadan
Pilgrimage to the holy cities of Iraq will continue in the month of Ramadan (starts June 18) given that Umrah flights to…
Saudi Arabia blocks Iranian plane carrying pilgrims
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabian aviation authorities say they prevented an Iranian plane carrying 260 religious pilgrims from entering the…
Iraq: Suicide blast hits bus with Iranian pilgrims, kills 6
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber has targeted a bus with Iranian Shiite pilgrims north of Baghdad, killing six…
Leader urges action to meet Iranian pilgrims’ needs in Iraq
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has issued an order calling for efforts to satisfy…
Nine pilgrims die in road accident in Iraq
Tehran, Dec 15, IRNA – Nine pilgrims to Karbala on the occasion of Arbaeen died in Iraq in a road accident, Director…
Shamkhani hails high security of Arbaeen ceremony in Iraq
Tehran, Dec 15, IRNA – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani on Monday hailed security of the Arbaeen mourning…
Official: Iran-Iraq borders secure despite Influx of pilgrims
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian deputy minister said a high level of security prevails along the country’s joint borders with neighboring Iraq…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 14
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 25 of them. IFP has…
Photos: Iranian pilgrims returning home after Arbaeen in Iraq
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – More than 1.2 million Shiite pilgrims from Iran are returning to their country after attending Arbaeen rituals in Iraq’s…
Iranian buses head to transfer pilgrims from Iraq
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran dispatched 250 buses to neighboring Iraq on Sunday to bring back the pilgrims who attended the overcrowded mourning…
No Iranian pilgrim hurt in Karbala attack: Official
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – No Iranian pilgrim was hurt in last night’s mortar attack near the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, an Iranian…
Mortar shelling cause of last night sounds of explosion in Karbala
Baghdad, Dec 12, IRNA – No Iranian was among the victims of the multiple Karbala suburb explosions Thursday night, the cause of…
Iran’s coverage: Next Iran nuclear talks to be held at deputy level, Zarif says
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran, P5+1 to hold next round of talks at deputy level: Zarif…
Iran decides to join Iraq’s railway
Tehran, Dec 10, IRNA – Iran has decided to ease transport of pilgrims to holy shrines and sites of Iraq by connecting…
Police chief: Number of Iranians going to Iraq for Arbaeen doubled
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Twice as many Iranian pilgrims have crossed the border to neighboring Iraq to perform the religious rites in this…
Iran to dispatch city buses to provide services for pilgrims
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran is to send its city buses to border regions and Iraq in order to provide pilgrims with transportation…
Police predicts over 1.2 million Iranian pilgrims in Karbala
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Traffic Police Chief Eskandar Momeni predicted that the number of Iranian pilgrims traveling to Iraq for attending Arbaeen…
Iran facilitates pilgrimage to Karbala: Police commander
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The procedure for the exit of Iranian pilgrims at two key border crossings with Iraq has been facilitated, Iranian…
Over 750,000 Iranian pilgrims in Iraq for Arbaeen ceremony
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The number of Iranian pilgrims that have travelled to Iraq so far to participate in Arbaeen ceremony in the…
Foreign Ministry advises Iranian pilgrims of Imam Hussain
Tehran, Dec 5, IRNA – Appreciating Iraq for giving free of charge visas to Iranian pilgrims, deputy foreign minister for Arab and…
Iranian pilgrims entering Iraq through Mehran border need no visa
Ilam, December 4, IRNA – Governor of Vaset province and Iraq’s Interior Ministry have agreed to lift visa-on-border requirement, and therefore, Iranian…
Minister: No worry about Iranian pilgrims’ Ebola, Chrona acquiring
Kerman, Oct 4, IRNA – All preventive measures have been adopted and there should be no worry about the possibility of Iranian…