Saudi Arabia and Iran Trade Insults Ahead of Hajj Pilgrimage
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Emergency plan for Hajj approved by Saudi Arabia
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, deputy premier, minister of interior and chairman of the Supreme Haj Committee, has approved the Civil Defense plan to cope with emergencies during Haj, the Director General of Civil Defense Lt. …
Moscow Cathedral Mosque to hold courses for pilgrims
Today, training courses for pilgrims, traveling for Hajj in September, begin in the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, the press service of the Russian Muftis Council reported. "Over the past several years the Muftis Council of Russia sent …
Iranian pilgrims won't perform Hajj in Saudi Arabia
Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohsen Pakayin said that this year Muslim countries will refuse to send pilgrims to perform the Hajj in Mecca and Medina, or reduce the number of pilgrims until Saudi Arabia provides safety guarantees. …
Vitaly Naumkin: decision not to participate in Hajj is part of the political game between Tehran and Riyadh
The refusal of the Iranian authorities to organize the Hajj is due to fact that Saudi Arabia cannot provode Iran's citizens with security guarantees. It is another step in the escalation of political confrontation between Riyadh and …
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia counterattacks Iranian Ministry of Culture
Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, Adel al-Dzhubeyr, said today that Iran mixes religion with politics in the situation around the Hajj. "We have fulfilled all the requirements of Iran in …
Iranian pilgrims won't attend Hajj this year
This year, Iranian pilgrims won't be able to attend Hajj in Mecca, Press TV channel wrote on its Twitter page. "Iran says it will not take part in this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca because of …
Iran and Saudi Arabia fail to reach a deal on Hajj
Iran and Saudi Arabia have failed to reach a deal on Hajj during the second round of talks. As reported earlier Saudi Arabia has not agreed with Iran’s proposals to organize pilgrimage for the Iranians, which, in particular, dealt …
Iran stops Hajj due to Saudi 'sabotage'
Iran says it will not send pilgrims to Hajj this year because Saudi Arabia is refusing to cooperate on arrangements for Iranians to join the annual rituals in September, Press TV reports. “Conditions are not prepared for …
Iran denounces Riyadh for politicizing Hajj pilgrimage
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari pointed to visa issuance to the Iranian pilgrims among Iran’s disputed issues with Saudi Arabia, Mehr news agency reports. …
Registration for pilgrimage to Mecca starts in Crimea
The Spiritual Administration of Muslims (DUM) in Crimea has announced about the beginning of registration of everybody who wants to perform Hajj in Mecca. According to Vice-Premier of the Crimean government Ruslan …
Saudi Arabia in Iran to be represented by Swiss embassy
The Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, Adel al-Dzhubeyr, said that the Swiss embassy in Tehran will represent the interests of the kingdom in Iran. ‘’Switzerland will solve consular issues and represent the …
Ilyas Umakhanov: “Relations between Moscow and Baku can change only in a positive way”
Tribuna’s guest is the Vice Speaker of the Upper Chamber of the Russian parliament
Iran sends DNA of people who died during Hajj to Saudi Arabia
The Iranian authorities have sent DNA samples to Saudi Arabia to clarify the fates of 28 of its citizens who disappeared during the Hajj. It is known that the senior diplomat Ghazanfar Roknabadi is among them, Trend quoted the …
Mass media: heat could make Hajj to Mecca impossible
After 60 years hot weather is to establish in the Middle East, in the Gulf countries so people won;t be able to perform the Hajj without outside special air-conditioned rooms. In …
Only Chechnya and Ingushetia carried out quota of Hajj, Ali Hasanov says
The Head of the Department for Cooperation with the Spiritual Board of Muslims of Russia of the Muftis Council, Ali Hasanov, summed up the results of the Russian muslims’ Hajj this year. The speaker said that because of the deteriorating …
Russian pilgrims fail to take up the Hajj quota
The dollar exchange rate didn’t allow everyone who wanted reconsider their lives in Mecca and Medina
464 pilgrims from Iran died in Mecca crush
464 pilgrims from Iran died in the crush in Mecca during the Hajj, the Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organisation said. "The number of Iranian pilgrims who died in the crush in the Mina Valley is 464 people. 14 Iranian pilgrims …
Pilgrim from Azerbaijan dies in Mecca hospital
According to the press service of the Caucasian Muslims Office Rahim Dadashov, a citizen of Azerbaijan has died today in Mecca, where he was performing the Hajj. Three days ago ...
169 pilgrims from Iran died in Mecca crush
169 pilgrims from Iran died in the crush in Mecca during the Hajj, the Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organisation said. "The number of Iranian pilgrims who died in the crush in the Mina Valley is 169 people. 46 Iranian pilgrims …
