Hajj Pilgrims
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Thousands of pilgrims heads to land of Mena
TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – The footage shows the departure of thousands of pilgrims heads to the land of Mena during Hajj pilgrimage.
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By: Iman Hamikhah
Frist group of Hajj pilgrims take off from Hamedan airport
HAMEDAN, May 29 (MNA) – The first group of Hajj pilgrims went on board a plane at Hamedan Airport en route to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
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Leader advises reciters to get Qur'an messages to listeners
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei held a meeting with a group of Qur'an reciters ahead of Hajj Congress and their departure for Pilgrimage on Thursday.
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Amir-Abdollahian:
Iran, Saudi Arabia hold talks to resume Umrah Hajj flights
TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) – The Iranian foreign minister said Wednesday that Iran and Saudi Arabia civil aviation organizations are discussing the technical issues to resume Umrah Hajj flights.
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Iran to start sending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia on January 3
TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – Iran will begin to send Hajj Umrah pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the first time after nine years, months after a rapprochement deal with Riyadh.
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Iran to send first Umrah Hajj caravan to Mecca after 9 years
TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (MNA) – The head of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization of Iran says the first caravan of Umrah Hajj pilgrims will soon embark on the spiritual journey to Mecca after a nine-year hiatus.
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Iranian pilgrims at Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) – As the Iranian pilgrims visit Saudi Arabia to observe the rituals of Hajj al-Tamattu, they paid a visit to the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi.
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Pilgrims visit Al Baqi Cemetery during Hajj al-Tamattu
TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) – A group of pilgrims visited Al Baqi Cemetery, the oldest and the first Islamic cemetery of Medina located to the southeast of the Prophet's Mosque.
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VIDEO: Kaaba shadow disappears due to astronomical phenomenon
TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) – When the sun is at its maximum height of about 90 degrees, it means that it is aligned vertically above the Holy Kaaba that causes the Kaaba's shadow to completely disappear from its four sides
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By: Ehsan Naderipour
Iranian Hajj Pilgrims leaving for Mecca
TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – The first groups of Hajj pilgrims left Iran for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday morning.
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1st batch of Hajj Pilgrims leaves Iran for Saudi Arabia
TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – The first groups of Hajj pilgrims left Iran for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday morning.
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Iran, Saudi Arabia sign MoU on Hajj pilgrimage
TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (MNA) – An MoU regarding the 2023 Hajj pilgrimage was signed between the head of Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Seyyed Sadegh Hosseini and Saudi Arabia's Minister of Hajj and Umrah.
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Iran FM holds meeting with family of detained pilgrim
TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdolahian has held a meeting with the family of an Iranian Hajj pilgrim who is still in detention in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
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Iran records 14 flights per day on Hajj days
TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) – The Islamic Republic of Iran Airlines aka Homa announced that 14 flights were carried out per day to fly Iranians to and out of Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage.
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Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat as hajj reaches apex
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) – Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world raised their hands to heaven and offered prayers of repentance on the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Friday.
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Arrogant West in decline in region, entire world: Leader
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) – Ayatollah Khamenei has said in his annual message before Hajj that "The Arrogant West is getting weaker and weaker in our sensitive region and recently in the entire world."
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Saudi-led coalition not even show mercy to Yemeni pilgrims
TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) – Criticizing sabotage of Saudi aggressor coalition on sending Yemeni pilgrims to Mecca to perform Hajj rituals, Yemeni National Salvation Government called on UN and intl. organizations to fulfill their duties in this respect.
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By: Seyed Saeed Reza Razavi
See-off ceremony of Iranian Hajj pilgrims
TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) – A see-off ceremony was held for the first group of Iranian Hajj pilgrims, who departed the country for Medina on Sunday morning.
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Leader’s envoy for Hajj Affairs:
Iran, Iraq continue talks on pilgrimage to holy sites
TEHRAN, Nov. 09 (MNA) – The Leader’s Representative for Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs said Monday that negotiations have begun with Iraqi officials to relaunch a direct flight from Iran to holy cities in Iraq and Syria for Iranian pilgrims.
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Leader:
Islamic nation must resist against US, its cohorts
TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei said that the entire Islamic region eloquently expresses its firm decision to confront every act of interference and malice on the part of the US and its cohorts.
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VIDEO: Hajj pilgrimage under COVID pandemic conditions
TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) – Pilgrims began arriving in the holy city of Mecca on Saturday for the second downsized Hajj staged during the coronavirus pandemic, circling Islam’s holiest site in masks and on distanced paths.