Press TV- Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization says Iranians will be attending this years Hajj after Saudi officials agreed to make the necessary arrangements for Iranian pilgrims to participate in the rituals. Considering the heavy emphasis of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Iranian officials and nation on the protection ...

Baghdad, Oct 27, IRNA The officials in charge of concerned Iranian institutions in Iraq rejected the news on the attack on pilgrims from Iranian city of Kashan in Baghdad. The head of Iranian Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization's representative office Mostafa Qassemi in Baghdad said that there has been no report on the incident for the Iranian pilgrims ...

The death toll in a crush at the annual haj pilgrimage outside Mecca rose to 769,SaudiArabiasaid on Saturday, as arch-rivalIransaid Saudi officials should be tried in an international court for what it called a crime. The worst disaster to befall the Islamic event in a quarter of a century occurred on Thursday as two large groups of pilgrims arrived ...

Tehran, Sept 26, IRNA The death toll of the Iranian pilgrims reached 136, Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization announced Saturday. Based on the latest announcement, the number of the injured Iranian pilgrims increased to 102. The number of missing Iranian pilgrims has been reduced from 354 to 344, the announcement added. The pilgrims were on ...

Tehran, April 9, IRNA Iran plans to boycott minor Hajj pilgrimage in reaction to disgrace the Saudi policemen committed against the Iranian pilgrims at Jeddah airport. Head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Owhadi said that Iran lodged complaint with the Saudi government to bring to justice the policemen involved in the disgrace. According ...

[caption id="attachment_151084" align="alignright" width="179"] Head of Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi[/caption] TEHRAN (Tasnim) Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has issued an order calling for efforts to satisfy the needs of people who go on pilgrimage to the holy cities of neighboring Iraq,...

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) The number of Iranian pilgrims that have travelled to Iraq so far to participate in Arbaeen ceremony in the holy city of Karbala has passed 750,000, Head of Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi announced on Sunday. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency on Sunday, Ohadi said that about 72,000 Iranian nationals have arrived ...

Tehran, Dec 5, IRNA Appreciating Iraq for giving free of charge visas to Iranian pilgrims, deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs advised the pilgrims to strictly heed the communiqus of the Arbaeen Headquarters of Iranian Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization. Hossein Amir Abdollahian added in an interview with IRNA that the enthusiasts ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) The motto of the year for Hajj congress has been confirmed by the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization and the Leaders related office. Hojjatoleslam Seyed Ali Qazi Asgar chaired a meeting of the Organization head Saeed Ohadi and the relevant deputies of the Leaders related regulatory office. The meeting confirmed and announced ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization has provided facilities for the countrys pilgrims to travel to Iraqs holy Shiite shrines, the organizations Managing-Director Seyed Ataollah Sadr announced on Sunday. Those pilgrims who are willing to visit the holy Shiite shrines (in Iraq) via sea and Khorramshahr port (in the Southwestern ...