MNA Saudi Arabia Hajj minister has welcomed Irans condition for resuming Umrah Hajj for Iranian pilgrims, promising to personally pursue the issue of establishing Irans Interest Section in Swiss Embassy in Riyadh. The head of Irans Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Alireza Rashidian met with the Saudi Minister of Hajj Muhammad Saleh bin Taher Benten,...

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 ...

Tasnim Head of Irans Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Hamid Mohammadi said currently, conditions are not ripe for the country to resume dispatching nationals to Saudi Arabias holy cities for performing the Umrah (minor Hajj) pilgrimage. The resumption of the Umrah pilgrimage requires special arrangements and mechanisms and it will take place if ...

Tasnim The chairman of the Iranian parliaments Hajj and Pilgrimage Faction said it is very likely that the country will resume dispatching nationals to Saudi Arabias holy cities for performing the Umrah (minor) Hajj pilgrimage. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Hojatoleslam Ahad Azadikhah underlined that sending Iranians to Saudi Arabia for ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A high-ranking Iranian official said the resumption of the Umrah (minor) Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia hinges on the punishment of the police officers behind the harassment of two Iranian teenagers at Jeddah Airport last year. Iran has told Saudis that the offenders should be punished and that is a prerequisite for Tehran-Riyadh ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Expatriates' Affairs Hassan Qashqavi said the safety of Iranian pilgrims should be guaranteed before the Islamic Republic restarts the Umrah (minor) Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. "If the safety (of Iranian pilgrims) is guaranteed, a logical and reasonable atmosphere ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Head of Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeid Owhadi said that the two Saudi police officers who molested two Iranian teenagers at Jeddah Airport will go on trial before the lunar month of Ramadan (starts on June 18). Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency on Monday, Owhadi announced that Saudi Arabia's Hajj and foreign ministers ...

Tehran, April 28, IRNA A group of Basiji (volunteer) employees from Tehran's governmental organizations gathered in front of the UN office in Tehran on Tuesday protesting against the criminal acts of the Saudi regime in Yemen. The demonstrators chanted slogans against the Saudi Arabia, the US and Israel. Condemning Riyadh's aggression on Yemen,...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Saudi Arabia informed Tehran on Tuesday that the two Jeddah airport police officers who had sexually abused two Iranian teenagers will receive harsh punishment soon. In a letter to the Islamic Republic of Iran's consulate in Jeddah, the Saudi foreign ministry announced that the two officers will receive maximum penalty. The letter ...

Qom, April 16, IRNA - Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Thursday that religious leaders (Ulema) by expressing their views helped the government make decision to suspend Umrah Haj pilgrimage. Speaking to IRNA on the sidelines of his meeting with Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, he said he held separate ...

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran suspended the Umrah (minor) Hajj pilgrimage on Monday in the wake of molestation of two Iranian teenage pilgrims at Jeddah airport, saying the situation will be normalized once Riyadh hands out the maximum punishment to the offenders. Speaking to Tasnim on Monday, Spokesman for Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Hossein ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iran has officially suspended Umrah Hajj pilgrimage, said Iranian Minister of Culture Ali Jannati. The Organization of Hajj was ordered to temporarily suspend Umrah Hajj pilgrimage until the two criminals are tried and prosecuted, he said. The public dignity of Iranian nation has been damaged given what has happened. A public demand ...