Nov 5, 2015, 1:29 PM

Amir-Abdollahian:

Roknabadi’s fate being followed up especially

Roknabadi’s fate being followed up especially

TEHRAN, Nov. 05 (MNA) – Iranian Deputy FM for Arab-African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that the fate of former ambassador to Beirut Ghazanfar Roknabadi is being pursued specifically and Saudi Arabia is fully responsible for the Mina tragedy.

Amir-Abdollahian said that Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization and Iran's embassy in Saudi Arabia have recently held talks with Saudi officials on determining the fate of Roknabadi.

He stressed that the Saudi charge d'affaires in Tehran has been informed several times and added “the cases will be followed up seriously till the last missing person is found.”

Iran is also pursuing the case through the United Nations (UN) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), he noted.

The disaster occurred on September 24 when two large masses of pilgrims fused together, claiming lives of thousads of pilgrims including 465 Iranians.

Roknabadi and 27 others are among the missing Iranian pilgrims in the incident.

 

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