Iran’s FM regrets Riyadh’s lack of cooperation with Tehran on Mina tragedy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif deplored Saudi Arabia for its insufficient cooperation with the Islamic Republic in addressing…
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Photos: Iranian students blast Saudi failure to handle Hajj Pilgrimage
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A crowd of students at Tehran’s Imam Sadeq (AS) University held demonstrations on Saturday morning to condemn Saudi Arabia’s…
French senator urges Int’l inquiry into Mina tragedy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A French senator called for a UN-led investigation into Thursday’s disaster that killed around 2,000 pilgrims in Mina, Saudi…
Security boosted as death-marred hajj ends
Mina (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – Saudi Arabia deployed large numbers of special forces on Saturday as pilgrims performed the final rituals of…
Deputy FM: Saudi Hajj mishandling nothing to do with destiny
Tehran, Sept 26, IRNA – Foreign Ministry deputy for Arab and African, Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian said the mishandling of the Hajj…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on September 26
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 36 of them. IFP has…
Iran death toll reaches 136 at Mina
Tehran, Sept 26, IRNA – The death toll of the Iranian pilgrims reached 136, Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization announced Saturday. Based on…
Pope expresses solidarity with Muslims after Mecca stampede
NEW YORK (AFP) – Pope Francis on Thursday (Sept 24) used his first public remarks since arriving in New York to express…
Saudis bar Iran’s health minister from visiting Mina victims
Tehran, Sept 26, IRNA – Saudi Arabia barred a proposed visit by Iran’s Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh to the Iranian pilgrims wounded…
Sayyed Nasrallah: Saudi Arabia responsible for Hajj tragedy, US failed fighting ISIS
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah tackled the developments in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain in an interview to Al-Manar TV channel…
Pilgrims collided at intersection in deadly crush
The stampede that killed more than 700 people during the pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia was triggered when two large crowds of pilgrims…
Iran to dispatch delegation to Mina
TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA) – Iran’s Deputy FM told the local media about the imminent dispatch of an Iranian delegation to Saudi…
Saudi war on Yemen to blame for safety lapse at Hajj: Iran official
A senior Iranian official has criticized Saudi authorities for the failure to ensure the security of the Hajj pilgrimage rituals, saying that Riyadh’s ongoing deadly…
Toll from Hajj stampede outside Mecca reaches 2,000: Sources
The death toll from a deadly crush during Hajj pilgrimage rituals in Mina, outside the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia,…
Iranians hold rallies to protest Saudis’ Hajj mismanagement
Tehran, Sept 25, IRNA – Iranian protesters in rallies staged after the Friday prayers across the country condemned the Saudi misstatement as…
Saudi government responsible for Mina tragedy: Ayat. Rafsanjani
Senior Iranian official Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has held the Saudi government accountable for a recent deadly crush during Hajj rituals near…
Iranian Parliament to investigate Hajj stampede
Tehran, Sept 25, IRNA – Iran’s Majlis (Parliament) will investigate Hajj stampede in which more than 100 Iranians got killed during the…
Senior cleric proposes: Let OIC manage Hajj pilgrimage
Tehran, Sept 25, IRNA – A senior cleric here on Friday condemned obvious poor management of Hajj pilgrimage of the Saudi officials…
Tens of Iranian pilgrims missing in Mina
Tens of Iranian pilgrims are reportedly still missing following a deadly crush during Hajj rituals near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Press TV reports.…
Ayat. Khamenei’s message on tragedy in Saudi Arabia
TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution has declared three days of national mourning following the Hajj incident in…
FM condoles with families of Mena victims
Tehran, Sept 24, IRNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif extended his condolences to the families of the victims of the stampede…
Iran urges Saudi Arabia’s thorough investigation of Mena tragedy
Tehran, Sept 25, IRNA – Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli in a letter to his Saudi counterpart Mohammad bin Nayef called for…
President Rouhani orders setting up HQ for Mena incident
New York, Sept 25, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani in a message to his First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri issued special orders for…
Number of Iranians killed at Mina at 131: Official
The number of the Iranian pilgrims killed at the recent crush in Saudi Arabia’s Mina has reached 131, an Iranian official says. Saeed…
Iran ready to receive injured pilgrims of Mina incident
TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) – Speaker of Iran’s Health Ministry announced Iran’s readiness to receive the injured pilgrims of Mina incident for…
Prince Salman convoy triggered Hajj stampede: Report
The presence of the convoy of the son of the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in central Mina prompted the stampede that killed hundreds…
Iran urges forming truth-finding cmte. on Mina tragedy
TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) – Vice president of Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission called for formation of a truth finding…
Probe ordered as 717 Hajj pilgrims killed in Mina stampede
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – At least 717 pilgrims were killed Thursday in a stampede outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi authorities…
Iran declares 3-day national mourning over Mecca deaths
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei declares three days of national mourning following the deaths of several hundred Hajj…
Number of Iranian victims of Mena incident rises to 90
Tehran, Sept 24, IRNA – Head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi said Thursday that in Hajj stampede in Mena as…
Iran summons Saudi charge d’Affaires over Mina stampede
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s foreign ministry on Thursday summoned Saudi Arabia’s charge d’affaires over a recent incident outside Mecca that led to…
Saudi Gov’t responsible for security of pilgrims: Iran’s first VP
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Following the second accident in a couple of weeks leading to the deaths of hundreds of pilgrims in Saudi…
Iran accuses Saudi of safety errors after stampede
TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran accused Saudi Arabia of safety errors after at least 15 of its citizens died Thursday in a stampede…
43 Iranians killed, tens of others injured in Hajj stampede
Tehran, Sept 24, IRNA – As many as 43 Iranians were killed and tens of others were injured in Hajj stampede in…
At least 150 pilgrims killed near Mecca during Hajj – civil defence
At least 150 pilgrims were killed on Thursday in a crush at Mina, outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, where some…
Were high winds really to blame for the deadly crane accident in Mecca?
Studies suggest that there were no storms at the time of the Mecca accident and that worshippers walking around in the courtyard…
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…
11 Iranians confirmed dead in Mecca crane collapse
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian death toll from the collapse of a crane in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, rose…
Mecca’s September 11: Do the Saudis tell the truth?
The recent crane collapse accident in Mecca took place just at 17:10 pm on September 11, injured and killed more than 300…
Bad omen for blood-soaked Saudi rulers
Anyone inclined to believe in divine retribution will find pause for thought over the latest calamity in Saudi Arabia, where a giant…