Tehran Times - This year, some 86,550 Iranians will travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for performing hajj pilgrimage, deputy director of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, has said. Performing hajj is compulsory on every Muslim at least once in their life time. It is one of the largest annual gathering of human beings on earth, with approximately three ...

Tasnim The deputy head of Irans Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization said the dispatching of nationals to Saudi Arabias holy cities for performing the Umrah (minor Hajj) pilgrimage will resume if the kingdom accepts the Islamic Republics conditions. In remarks on Tuesday, Akbar Rezaei said that negotiations with Saudi Arabia over the resumption of ...