IRNA A senior official in charge of Arbaeen ritual affairs stressed that no Iranian pilgrims were harmed by the attack in Karbala on Monday. In a press conference today, he rejected rumors about the blast, stressing that the attack did not target the Iranian pilgrims as it occurred in northwest of Karbala. He said the blast did not happen along ...

Tehran, Oct 22, IRNA Head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi said on Thursday that no Iranian pilgrims have been injured in a fire at one of the courtyards of the holy shrine of Imam Ali (AS) in Najaf, Iraq. The fire occurred at a warehouse where construction materials stored to build a new structure at the courtyard of Imam Ali (AS) ...

Tehran, Oct 8, IRNA -- Head of SEC's Research Center Ali Akbar Velayati blamed the Saudi government for the recent stampede near Mecca which killed over 4,000 pilgrims, and called for clarifying fate of those who have gone missing during the Hajj rituals in Mecca. 'A number of bodies (of the killed Iranian pilgrims) have not yet been repatriated ...

Tehran, Oct 1, IRNA Minister of health announced Thursday that none of the Iranian pilgrims returing from Hajj has been infected with the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Although MERS coronavirus has not been uprooted in Saudi Arabia, there is no concern over the issue that any Iranian pilgrim may be infected with the deadly ...

The Iranian survivors of the recent crush outside the holy city of Mecca, which is estimated to have claimed the lives of thousands of pilgrims, say Riyadh should be held to account for the disaster, Press TV reports. Many in the first group of Iranian pilgrims who returned home late Monday said the responsibility for the deadly incident in the ...

Tehran, Sept 28, IRNA The first flight of Iranian hajj pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia landed at Tehrans Imam Khomeini International Airport at 13:10 local time (09:40 GMT) on Monday. Talking to IRNA, director general of Hajj Affairs at Iran Airports Company (IAC) Manouchehr Sepasi had reiterated that the Iranian pilgrims return flights will ...

Tens of Iranian pilgrims are reportedly still missing following a deadly crush during Hajj rituals near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Press TV reports. The incident occurred on Thursday in Mina, near Mecca,after huge pilgrim processions were joined in their course, leading to the catastrophic entanglement. It has been reported that the convoy of Prince ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- A Saudi security official says two airport employees have been convicted and sentenced to four years in prison each for sexually harassing two male Iranian pilgrims. The official says the court also ordered that the two workers at Jiddah International Airport receive 1,000 lashes each. The official spoke on condition ...