TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization is fully prepared to dispatch more than two million pilgrims to Iraqs holy cities during the upcoming Arbaeen ceremony in November, a senior official at the organization said. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency on Saturday, Mohsen Nezafati said the organization started registration of pilgrims ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The number of Iranians going on pilgrimage to Iraqs holy cities during the current Iranian year (which started March 20) is planned to reach 1.5 million a senior official at Irans Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization announced. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Mohsen Nezafati said the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization dispatched ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) No Iranian pilgrim was hurt in last nights mortar attack near the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, an Iranian official said. Fortunately, no Iranian pilgrim attending the Arbaeen processions was hurt in these mortar attacks, Mohsen Nezafati, a senior official at Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, reiterated. Also, Mostafa ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - An official with Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization dismissed an earlier media report that a number of Iranian pilgrims have been killed in a suicide bombing attack in the Iraqi province of Diyala. Iraq's Al Hurra TV on Sunday quoted Iraqi security sources as saying that a suicide bombing in Diyala province has killed ...