Tehran, Aug 30, IRNA – Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi said some 15,000 Iranian Hajjis have arrived in the holy city of Medina so far.

He said they travelled to the holy city with 52 flights from different cities of the country.
?Ohadi also noted that the first batch of Iranian pilgrims left Medina for the holy city of Makkah on Friday.
He said a total of 222 flights will take Iranian Hajjis to Saudi Arabia for Hajj this year
The official went on to say that the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization will do its best to serve the Iranian pilgrims during Hajj.
Some 65,000 Iranians will go on Hajj pilgrimage this year.
Hajj is performed from the 8th through the 12th of the lunar month of Dhul-Hijjah, starting on September 2 this year.
Hajj activities include turning around the Ka'aba, the most sacred Islamic site, seven times counterclockwise to show unity among believers worshipping Allah, the Arabic word for God.
The pilgrims also walk seven times between the hills of Safa and Marwa.
All able-bodied Muslims are religiously obliged to perform the Hajj pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime.
The teachings of Hajj aim to remind Muslims that they are not joined together on the basis of color or race, but on the basis of belief in God and His Messenger, the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

By IRNA