Hajj Rituals
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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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Leader's meeting with Hajj officials
TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received a host of Iranian officials in charge of Hajj pilgrimage affairs on Wednesday morning.
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Leader:
Hajj aims to forge unity among Muslims against arrogance
TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Hajj rituals aim to forge unity among the Islamic Ummah in the face of the Israeli regime and global arrogance.
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Iran to launch regular weekly flights to Saudi Arabia
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – Iran is planning to launch regular weekly flights to Saudi Arabia based on an official request from Riyadh and amid an improvement in bilateral relations between the two countries.
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Raeisi urges for best preparation for Hajj, other pilgrimages
TEHRAN, Mar. 18 (MNA) – In the session of Supreme Council of Hajj and Pilgrimage on Saturday, President Ebrahim Raieis urged all the relevant officials and entities to make their utmost affairs to serve pilgrims to Ka'ba and other holy sites.
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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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Saudi Arabia lifts restriction on hajj pilgrim numbers
TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – Saudi Arabia will not impose limits on the number of pilgrims for this year's hajj, media reported a Saudi minister as saying on Monday, after three years of restrictions to curb the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Iran, S. Arabia discuss holding next Hajj ceremony
TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – Organizers of Hajj from Iran and Saudi Arabia hold a virtual meeting to review ways of successfully holding the upcoming ceremony.
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FM Amir-Abdollahian:
Iran pursues release of Hajj pilgrim detained in S. Arabia
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Hossein Amir-Abdollahian voiced hope with the cooperation of Saudi officials, the only remaining Iranian Haj pilgrim will return home.
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Coronavirus era makes Hajj pilgrims more eager
TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) – The spread of COVID-19 restricted perform of the Hajj congregation for a short period of time but could not dissuade Muslims from observing rituals, making them keener.
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Senior cleric:
Enemies seek to reduce unity among Muslims
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) – Tehran provincial Friday prayers leader says enemies seek to diminish spirituality, and look towards God and reduce the unity among Muslims.
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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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Iranian, Saudi Hajj officials meet for 1st time in 3 years
TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) – The top Iranian and Saudi Arabia Hajj officials held a meeting for the first time after three years due to Covid-19 restrictions on the Hajj rituals.
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Leader's meeting with Hajj officials
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received a host of officials responsible for the Hajj pilgrimage on Wednesday in Tehran.
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Leader:
Revealing Zionists' conspiracies one of essential Hajj tasks
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – Addressing a host of officials responsible for the Hajj pilgrimage in a meeting, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that revealing the conspiracies of the Zionist regime is one of the essential obligations in Hajj.
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Saudi Arabia sets limit of 1m Hajj pilgrims this year
TEHRAN, Apr. 09 (MNA) – Saudi Arabia has said it will allow one million people – from both inside and outside the country – to perform the Hajj this year compared with only a few thousand local pilgrims over the past two years.
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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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S. Arabia reportedly bans Umrah for pilgrims from 33 states
TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Saudi Arabia has reportedly banned citizens of 33 Muslim countries from travelling to the country to perform the Umrah Hajj pilgrimage amid Covid-19 pandemic.
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Saudi Arabia to allow 20,000 pilgrims to perform Umrah Hajj
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) – Saudi authorities will restrict Umrah to 20,000 domestic and international pilgrims in the first batch, as the Kingdom gears up for the resumption of the minor pilgrimage on August 10,
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VIDEO: Ceremony of changing Kiswah of holy Kaaba
TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) – In a ceremony on Sunday night, the cloth covering of the Holy Kaaba, also known as Kiswah, was replaced with a new one.
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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.
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Restricted, expensive Hajj pilgrimage starts in Saudi Arabia
TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) – Hajj pilgrimage has started with the participation of only 60,000 vaccinated Saudi citizens, residents who were selected from among hundreds of thousands of applicants.
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Sana’a to Riyadh:
Yemen ready to manage this year’s Hajj ritual for free
TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) – Head of Supreme Revolutionary Committee of Yemen Mohammed Ali al-Houthi said that his country is ready to manage 2021 Hajj rites and rituals for free.
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Iran criticizes Saudi Arabia decision on this year's Hajj
TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) – Seyyed Abdol-Fattah Navab, the representative of the Leader in Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs criticized Saudi Arabia's decision to cancel this year's Hajj Pilgrimage for pilgrims from other countries.
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S Arabia to limit Hajj this year to citizens, residents
TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) – Saudi Arabia said it will limit registration for this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to 60,000 citizens and residents of the Kingdom in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Official urges S Arabia to clarify ability in holding Hajj
TEHRAN, Jun. 07 (MNA) – Iranian Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Chief called on Saudi Arabia to clarify the ability of the Arab country in line with planning to hold this year’s Hajj rites and rituals due to the outbreak of COVID global pandemic.
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S Arabia sets conditions for this year’s Hajj rites, rituals
TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) – Saudi Arabian authorities expounded terms and conditions on Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in the current year in 2021, stating that Hajj pilgrimage would be performed by fully observing of health protocols and guidelines.
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S Arabia considers barring overseas haj pilgrims for 2nd year
TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) – Saudi Arabia is considering barring overseas pilgrims from the annual haj for the second year amid the surge in Covid-19 cases and the emergence of new variants globally.