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Close to two million pilgrims have converged on western Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj, Zee News reported. Saudi Arabia took new measures aimed to prevent a recurrence of last year`s stampede which killed around …
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. …
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 …
A Saudi special forces serviceman has been killed by militants during an operation to prevent a terrorist attack in the country's western Mecca Province, local media informed Sunday, citing the Interior Ministry, …
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 …
19 pilgrims from Egypt became victims of an accident in Saudi Arabia, another 25 people were injured, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt reports. A bus carrying 44 people overturned on the road between Mecca and Medina. All …
At least two people have been killed by electric shock during flood in the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. The authorities advised residents of the cities of Jeddah and Mecca not leave their houses …
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 …
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 …
Today Iran is saying goodbye to the pilgrims who died on September 24 during a stampede near Mecca. Yesterday, 104 bodies of victims of tragedy were transported to the country, and this morning – another 114. In total, according …
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 …
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 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 …
According to the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran, Ali Jannati, the head of the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has sent a proposal to his colleague …
According to the head of the Hajj in Iran Said Ohandi, the number of pilgrims from Iran, who died during the crush in Mecca at the time of the Hajj, is 155 …
According to the Ministry of Islamic Affairs of Saudi Arabia, those pilgrims, who leave the country after the Hajj this year will be given 2 million copies of the Koran. "The ministry will …
Today in New York, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, during his meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, urged him to force Saudi Arabia to cooperate more actively with Arab countries on the issue of …
Iran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stated that the responsibility for the crowd crush near Mecca lies with the Saudi authorities, urging them to apologize to the victims and the families of the victims. …
The Saudi authorities are obliged to report to Iran on the results of the investigation of the crush that took place the day before in the Mina Valley near Mecca, in which 717 people were killed and more than 800 ...
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has ordered the formation of a special task force to address the recent incident in Mecca. Now the Iranian authorities are engaged in the evacuation of the bodies of dead and injured pilgrims from …
