Tehran Times - Ali Qazi Askar, the Leaders former representative for Hajj affairs, says Tehran has recently sent a letter to Riyadh to remind the Saudi kingdom of its promise to pay damages to the families of victims of the tragic Mina incident. Qazi Askar said so far Saudi Arabia has failed to pay any compensation to families of victims of the ...

IRNA The check issued to award compensation to the family members of those Iranian pilgrims killed in Mecca in 2015 has been delivered to Saudi representative in the United Nations and will soon be given to Iran, said the head of Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization on Monday. Mecca and Medina, two of the three holiest Islamic sites, host roughly ...

MNA Spokesman for Iranian Parliament National Security Commission Naghavi Hosseini urged Iranian Foreign Ministry to seriously follow up fact-finding committee on Mina tragedy. He pointed to the dispatching of Iranian pilgrims to perform hajj rituals, saying it is for three years that Mina tragedy has remained intact without any investigation of ...

IRNA An Iranian senior Hajj official said on Tuesday that in the past couple of days, DNA test was carried out for the bodies of the remaining Iranian martyrs in Saudi Arabia. Mohammad Azad said that the tests were conducted in the presence of both Iranian and Saudi officials. 'The results will be announced in a few days,' Azad added. About ...

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....

Iranian Diplomacy- Middle East expert, Hassan Hanizadeh: In the light of the incidents that occurred in recent years, the Saudi regime has proven its inability to host haj pilgrims. Saudi Arabia should revolutionize its handling of haj. It particularly needs to reach an agreement with Islamic countries through the Organization of Islamic Cooperation,...

Tasnim Head of Irans Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Hamid Mohammadi is going to visit Saudi Arabia for talks on preparations for this years Hajj season and on the guarantees the Saudi officials have given, a lawmaker said. Speaking to Tasnim on Monday, Davood Mohammadi said the visit will take place next week. In his trip, Mohammadi is ...

IRNA Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Monday that 10 consulate members of the Iranian ministry of foreign affairs will accompany the Iranian pilgrims to provide the necessary services. Speaking in his weekly press conference, Qasemi said, Iran and Saudi Arabia dont have diplomatic relations; last year Iran didnt send anyone on Hajj,...

Press TV- Irans culture minister says Saudi Arabia has provided written assurances that it will meet all of Tehrans conditions with regard to ensuring security for Iranian pilgrims in the upcoming Hajj ceremony. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the cabinet meeting on Thursday, Reza Salehi Amiri underlined Tehrans resolve to maintain ...

AP) -- Iran will allow its citizens to take part in this year's hajj pilgrimage despite soaring tensions with archrival Saudi Arabia. Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency on Wednesday quotes a representative of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ai Khamenei as saying the decision was approved last month by the National Security Council. The representative,...

FNA- Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi voiced deep concern over the safety of the country's pilgrims during the upcoming Hajj in the wake of the recent political changes in Saudi Arabia. "The new political changes in Saudi Arabia, namely the controversial appointment of Mohammad ...

Tasnim Saudi Arabia has granted 10 Iranian Foreign Ministry representatives entry into the kingdom for handling consular affairs and helping Iranian pilgrims during this years Hajj season, an official announced. Hojatoleslam Seyed Ali Qazi-Askar, the representative of Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Hajj and pilgrimage affairs, told reporters ...

IRNA Senior Hajj official on Friday said talks with Saudi officials have not been finalized yet and the two sides are still discussing some remaining issues mostly the iisue of Iranian martyrs in Mina stampede tragedy in 2015. Negotiations on remaining issues are underway and results will be made public on due time, Caretaker of Hajj and Pilgrimage ...

MNA The Islamic Republic of Iran has replied to Saudi Arabias Hajj invite to inform the Saudi side of Irans conditions for sending pilgrims to this years Hajj rituals. Leaders representative for Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs, Seyyed Ali Ghazi Askar, stressed that in case the necessary conditions and preparations are provided, everyone in Iran is ...

IRNA The Supreme Leaders representative for Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs Hojjatoleslam Ali Qazi Asgar said that Iran is going to focus on security issues, legal proceedings, compensation and blood money for the martyred Iranian pilgrims during coming meetings with the Saudi officials. He said his organization has already arranged several meetings ...

IFP- After Saudi Arabia cut its diplomatic ties with Iran in early 2016, Iranian Muslims cant participate anymore in Hajj- the annual Pilgrimage in Mecca. Now there are rumours that Saudi Arabia has invited Iran to take part in next years Hajj. Although the Foreign Ministry has denied receiving any invitation, Ali Motahari, the Vice-Speaker of Iranian ...

IRNA Caretaker of Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Hamid Mohammadi said on Monday that Iran' main condition to resume sending pilgrims to Hajj rituals is to get security guarantees from the Saudi government. Mohammadi said that Iran wants Riyadh government not to distinguish between Iranian pilgrims and pilgrims from other countries. 'Our ...

This year the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca came amid the ongoing conflicts in Syria and Yemen and heightened tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran. In an interview with Sputnik Hossein Sheikholeslam, an adviser to the Iranian foreign minister, blamed Riyadh for the deadly stampede during last years Hajj. Speaking aboutthe ongoing Saudi and ...

Gonbad Kavoos, Golestan prov, Sept 12, IRNA - Head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi said none of the bodies of Iranian victims of last years Hajj tragedy was missing in Saudi Arabia, adding only 40 bodies are buried in that country. Ohadi made the remarks Sunday in a meeting with families of a number of Hajj tragedy victims from this ...

September 11, The Iran Project Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah seyyed Ali Khameneiissuing Hajj message, President of French National Assembly Claude Bartolone visit to Iran, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Stephen OBrien trip to Iran, Iran marking the 38th anniversary of the massacre of protesters in Tehran by the countrys former ...