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 ...

Press TV- A winch crane has collapsed near the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia andleftone person injured, raising fresh worries about the safety of pilgrims who visit the site from around the world. The incident on Sunday came during Ramadan,the most sacred month for Muslims, when the Grand Mosque is among the most crowded ...

Saudi Arabia has started court trials for 14 people suspected of malpractice that led to a deadly crane crash in the holy city of Mecca last year. The massive construction crane collapsed into Meccas Grand Mosque last September, killing more than 100 pilgrims and injuring over 200 others during Hajj rituals. Those standing in the dock at ...

Tehran, September 12, The Iran Project - Senior cleric Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi says the martyrdom of Hajj pilgrims at the Grand Mosque of Mecca shows Al Saudsnegligence and imprudence. Expressed regret over the deadly crane incident in Mecca, Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi said on Saturday that construction of high towers around the Grand ...

Tehran, Sept 15, The Iran Project Austrian President Heinz Fischer and accompanying delegation trip to Iran, Brazilian FM Mauro Vieira meetings with senior state officials,Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi trip to Tehran for talks and killing of Iranian citizen's in Mecca crane crashdominated countrys media outlets in the past week.   Politics Iran,...

Tehran, Sept 18, IRNA Tehran Interim Prayers Leader Kazem Seddiqi said Iran is on the path of swift progress and it will never surrender to the arrogant powers. Addressing worshippers in his second sermon on Friday, Hojjatoleslam Sediqi said those who claim that the Islamic Revolution has come to an end are mistaken because the young generation ...

Tehran, Sept 18, IRNA Iran's deputy foreign minister has slammed the Saudis for their negligence in providing security for Hajj pilgrims, and strongly underlined the accountability of the Saudi government in the deadly crane collapse. The collapse of a crane in Al-Masjid al-Haram (The Holy Mosque) in Mecca last week caused the death of more than ...

Studies suggest that there were no storms at the time of the Mecca accident and that worshippers walking around in the courtyard of the Grand Mosque without any difficulty. A construction crane tumbled at the Grand Mosque in Mecca at 5:10 p.m. on September 11, leaving more than 300 people dead or injured. The following is the translation of a ...

Tehran, Sept 16, IRNA The bodies of 10 Iranian pilgrims killed in a tower crane incident in the Saudi holy city of Mecca will be returned to Iran in near future, an official said here on Wednesday. Head of Iranian pilgrims Headquarters in Mecca said at least 11 Iranians have been killed in the incident of whom one will be buried in Saudi Arabia....

Saudi Arabias King Salman has put sanctionson the Saudi Binladin Group over a construction crane crash incident in the holy city of Mecca that claimed the lives of over 100 pilgrims. Salman suspended the group from participating in new contracts and ordered the finance ministry to review the firms current contracts. According to the ruling, announced ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Iranian death toll from the collapse of a crane in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, rose from 8 to 11, the deputy head of Irans Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization announced on Tuesday. With the 3 missing Iranian Hajj pilgrims confirmed dead, the number of Iranian pilgrims who lost their lives in the incident in Masjid al-...

The recent crane collapse accident in Mecca took place just at 17:10 pm on September 11, injured and killed more than 300 pilgrims. Immediately after the incident, Saudi Arabia media announced that the crane was brought down by strong wind and heavy rain. Al-Arabia Channel claimed that wind speed at the moment of the incident in Mecca was 65 ...

Anyone inclined to believe in divine retribution will find pause for thought over the latest calamity in Saudi Arabia, where a giant crane smashed into its Grand Mosque over the weekend, killing more than 100 pilgrims. Worshippers were gathering in the top mosque at Mecca for Friday evening prayers when one of the construction cranes foresting the ...

Irans regime has found a new way to criticize Saudi Arabia, using last weeks crane accident in Mecca that killed at least 107 pilgrims. In his Sunday condolences to families of victims, Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijanidenounced the Saudi monarchyfor its negligence and failure to take appropriate measures to save lives. Fars News, the outlet ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Parliament Speaker said Saudi Arabia should have adopted proper measures to protect Hajj pilgrims, and underlined that Saudi governments negligence was the main cause of the incident. On Friday evening, a large construction crane toppled over during a violent rainstorm in Mecca and crashed into the Masjid al-Haram, killing ...

Tehran, Sept. 14, IRNA - Head of Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeid Ohadi said on Sunday that number of Iranian pilgrims who lost their lives in a crane collapse in Mecca, Saudi Arabia has increased to eight from ealier five victims. 'After receiving information about death of three of the missing (Iranian) pilgrims, the number of victims ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 13 (MNA) Leader of the Islamic Republic has offered condolences for the victims of crane crash in Mecca during Hajj pilgrimage. The head of Leaders office has conveyed through phone call Leaders condolences to Hojjatoleslam Qaziasgar, his envoy and Head of Iranian Hajj pilgrimage entourage for the death and injury of a number of Iranians ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif offered condolences to those who lost loved ones in the collapse of a large construction crane while getting ready to make Hajj pilgrimage in the Saudi city of Mecca. In a message on Saturday, the top Iranian diplomat expressed deep sorrow at the deaths and injuries in the incident in ...

Tehran, Sept 13, IRNA Head of Hajj medical corpse of Irans Red Crescent Society Ali Marashi said the number of Iranian pilgrims to lose their lives in Mecca crane crash catastrophe rose to five. Talking to IRNA on Sunday, he said bodies of four Iranian pilgrims were identified in Mecca morgue last night. One Iranian pilgrim lost life on the spot ...

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