Saturday, 9 April 2022 (YJC)_ In the wake of the Corona epidemic, Saudi Arabia increased the number of Hajj pilgrims to one million this year, subject to conditions including vaccination.
Thursday, 08 October 2020_Muslims around the world commemorate Arba’een, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia Imam Hossein (AS) amid coronavirus-related restrictions placed by Iraq on the number of foreign pilgrims.
TEHRAN, August 18 - Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization will next week start the process of registration for those willing to take part in the Arabeen pilgrimage this year.
TEHRAN, Jul 3 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei described the Muslim Hajj pilgrimage as “an exceptional and privileged collection of Islamic values” and said the religious ritual is closely related to the political developments in the world.
TEHRAN, Jan 28 - The representative of Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Hajj and pilgrimage affairs said Iranian pilgrims can visit Syria’s holy sites in the near future, several years after the pilgrimage to the Arab country was halted due to the protracted war there.
TEHRAN, October 30 - The deputy governor of Iraq’s Karbala province said more than 10 million pilgrims have arrived in the province for the Arbaeen mourning ceremony.
TEHRAN, October 29 - Pilgrims from around the world continue to converge on the holy Iraqi city of Karbala on the eve of Arba’een, which marks 40 days since the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam.
TEHRAN, October 14 - Iran and Iraq have signed a major memorandum of understanding on handling the Arbaeen season that would see more than 2.5 million Iranian pilgrims travelling to Iraq, an Iranian official said.
TEHRAN, June 24 -The Union of Tunisian Imams called on the Grand Mufti of the North African country to issue a fatwa (religious order) preventing Tunisians from going on Hajj pilgrimage later this year, saying the Saudi regime is using the Hajj revenues to pay for its wars on other Muslim nations.
TEHRAN, February 10 - Head of Astan Quds Razavi’s Center for International affairs said, “Pilgrimage have to be considered as the public diplomacy of Muslims in all ages.
TEHRAN, November 4 - A senior Pakistani official in south western Baloshistan province says out of 30,000 pilgrims, 15,000 have been sent to Iran for Arbaeen after clearance at Taftan border.
TEHRAN, November 4 - A bus traveling from Tehran to Iraqi town of Najaf on Friday night turned upside-down in Iraq near the Iranian border town of Badreh and 30 Iranian pilgrims were injured, an emergency official said.
TEHRAN, July 30, YJC - As a diplomatic crisis drags on in the Persian Gulf region, a Doha-appointed human rights commission says Saudi Arabia has been “politicizing” the annual hajj pilgrimage through imposing restrictions on Qatari pilgrims travelling to the kingdom.
TEHRAN, May 31, YJC - The representative of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Hajj and pilgrimage affairs said the motto of this year’s Hajj for Iranian has been selected.