CAIRO, June 25. /ITAR-TASS /. Three Iranian pilgrims were killed and 15 injured today in a suicide attack, carried out 50 km south of Baghdad. According to the representative of the Interior Ministry of Iraq, the bus with Iranian pilgrims on the way from the Iraqi capital to the Muslim holy Shiite city of Karbala, was blown up by a powerful explosive ...
The current religious tourism season in the Shiite-dominatedIraqi city of Najafis said to be the worst in years, given thelow number of Iraniansvisiting this city since the beginning of the year. This decline is due to a decrease in the purchasing power of visitors, following the decline in the value of the Iranian Toman against the US dollar, which ...