IRNA Head of the Hajj Operations in Iranian Air Fleet and Airports Company Mahmoud Razavi said up to Monday, 24,000 Hajj pilgrims have been flown to the country from Jeddah.
Razavi told IRNA on Monday that 6,300 out of 24,000 Hajj pilgrims landed in Imam Khomeini International Airport as well as Mashad, Tabriz, Ardebil, Bandar Abbas, Rasht, Kerman,...
IRNA A senior Iranian official said here that Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization would pursue the case of Takfiri terrorists' attack on an Iranian cleric in Mecca during Hajj congregation, it was reported Thursday evening.
Head of Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Hamid Mohammadi said Tehran attaches great importance to the security of ...
IFP - A cleric accompanying Iranian Hajj pilgrims has been wounded after unknown terrorists attacked him in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
According to a statement by Irans Hajj and Pilgrimage Organisation, a group of unknown elements on Wednesday evening (18:30 local time) attacked Iranian cleric Hossein Esmaeili, who was accompanying ...
Tasnim The first group of Iranian pilgrims will arrive in Tehran tomorrow, returning from the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, the head of Irans Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization said.
The first flight carrying Iranian pilgrims back home from Saudi Arabia will leave Jeddah airport in the early hours of Tuesday, Hamid Mohammadi said on ...
IFP - The governor of the holy city of Mecca has referred to Iranians and Saudi Arabians as religious brothers, expressing the hope that Iranian pilgrims would remember the Saudis with a good impression.
In a press conference, the Emir of Mecca Khalid al-Faisal noted that Iranians are our religious brothers and we warmly welcomed their ...
Tasnim The chairman of the Iranian parliaments Hajj and Pilgrimage Faction said it is very likely that the country will resume dispatching nationals to Saudi Arabias holy cities for performing the Umrah (minor) Hajj pilgrimage.
Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Hojatoleslam Ahad Azadikhah underlined that sending Iranians to Saudi Arabia for ...
Reuters | Mahmoud Mourad,Bozorgmehr Sharafedin: Iranian pilgrims returned to haj this year for the first time since a deadly crush in 2015, in what could be an important confidence-building measure for dialogue on other thorny issues between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Nearly 800 people were killed, according to Riyadh, when two large groups of pilgrims ...
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In Hajj 2017 message; Leader urges immediate end to domestic wars in Muslim states
In his Hajj 2017 message, Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei called for an immediate end to domestic wars in Muslim countries and urged more attention toward creating unity and saving ...
AFP- Over two million Muslims from around the world began gathering Thursday on Mount Arafat for the highlight of the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabias Mecca.
Helicopters flew around the area as the faithful converged from dawn on the surrounding Mount Arafat plain and the hill known as Jabal al-Rahma or Mount of Mercy.
Dressed in white, the ...
MNA In his Hajj 2017 message, Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei called for an immediate end to domestic wars in Muslim countries and urged more attention toward creating unity and saving Palestine.
Ayatollah Khamenei's Hajj 2017 message reads:
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
All praise is due to Allah, the ...
AFP - In a diplomatic icebreaker between political foes, tens of thousands of Muslim faithful from Iran have flocked to Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites.
This week's hajj marks Iran's return after their absence last year following a massive stampede in 2015 that killed around 2,300 people, including 464 Iranians....
Tasnim The number of Iranians who have died while performing Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia this year rose to eight after three men passed away on Sunday.
The three old pilgrims from Iran died in Mecca due to heart attacks.
Eight Iranian travelers have died in Saudi Arabia so far during this years Hajj pilgrimage.
More than 86,000 Iranian ...
Tasnim A passenger aircraft that Iran Air has leased from a Nigerian airline landed in Tehran to operate flights carrying Iranian nationals returning from Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, an informed source said.
The Boeing 747-400 airliner landed at Tehrans Mehrabad Airport on Saturday, the source told the Tasnim News Agency.
Iran Air has ...
Press TV - More than 1.4 million Muslims have arrived so far in Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj pilgrimage slated to begin next week, with this years rituals featuring the return of tens of thousands of Iranians.
So far 1,313,946 pilgrims have arrived by air, 79,501 by land, and 12,477 by sea, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported ...
IFP - The Iranian Leaders Representative in Hajj Affairs, Seyyed Ali Qazi Askar, says this year the Islamic Republic has sent about 15,000 Sunni pilgrims to Saudi Arabia to perform their annual Hajj rituals.
This year, nearly 15,000 of Iranian pilgrims are Sunnis, which is a record compared with previous years, Qazi Askar added.
It ...
Press TV - Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani says his country is concerned about the safety of its citizens in Saudi Arabia during the annual Hajj pilgrimage after Riyadhs move to reopen its border with Doha.
Speaking at a news conference during his visit to Norway, Thani said Saudi authorities have not yet responded ...
IRNA - Despite misinformation spread about Iranian Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, they are in a good state, head of Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs Organization said on Friday.
'Iranians are performing their Hajj rituals and pilgrimage in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina comfortably,' Supreme Leader's Representative for Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs ...
IRNA No report has been received on possible outbreak of contagious diseases among Iranian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, an Iranian health official said on Monday.
'Representatives of Health Ministry based in the holy cities Mecca and Medina, who are specilists in infectious and contagious diseases, have not reported any possible outbreak of contagious ...