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Mena Tragedy (3)
Sep 05, 2016 17:34Welcome to the 3rd part of our 8-part series on last year’s tragedy at Mena in holy Mecca during the Hajj pilgrimage that led to the martyrdom of some 2,000 pilgrims to the symbolic house of God, the holy Ka’ba, including 464 Iranians, because of the criminal negligence of law and order by the Wahhabi regime of Saudi Arabia, which this year has violated the tenets of Islam by barring pilgrims from Iran from performing the religious obligation of Hajj.
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Iran will never forget Mina tragedy: Ayatollah Movahedi Kermani
Sep 02, 2016 18:41Tehran's interim Friday Prayer Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani during the sermon in Tehran said that the Islamic Republic will never forget the "heart-rending and disgraceful” crush that took place during last year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Arabia picks UK firm to make e-bracelets for pilgrims
Sep 01, 2016 12:45Saudi Arabia has reportedly awarded the British security firm G4S a deal to make electronic bracelets for millions of pilgrims who have to wear them while travelling to Mecca to perform the annual Hajj.
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Iran warns Saudi Arabia over Hajj quota
Jul 24, 2016 17:58Saudi Arabia does not have the right to reallocate Iran’s Hajj quota to other countries, the head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi says.
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At least 18 injured in crush in Saudi city of Mecca
Jul 02, 2016 16:36At least 18 pilgrims have been injured in a crush near Islam’s holiest site, Saudi media say, just over six months after hundreds lost their lives in a tragic stampede during the last year Hajj rituals.
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Saudi Arabia introduces e-bracelets for Hajj pilgrims: Report
Jul 01, 2016 12:16Muslim pilgrims joining this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia will have to wear an electronic safety bracelet after thousands of them died in a tragic crush last year.
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Lebanon cleric slams Saudi mishandling of 2015 Hajj
Jun 11, 2016 16:35A prominent Lebanese cleric has denounced Saudi Arabia’s mishandling of the Hajj pilgrimage, which led to a deadly crush last year, saying the tragedy cannot pass just as an ordinary accident.
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Iran to sue Saudi Arabia over Mina tragedy: Justice Minister
Jun 09, 2016 20:14Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi on Thursday said the country is intent on filing a lawsuit at international courts against Saudi Arabia for the deaths of hundreds of Iranian pilgrims in a deadly crush in Mina, near Mecca, last year.
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Saudi Arabia says ‘still looking into’ 2015 Hajj tragedy
Jun 07, 2016 09:31Saudi Arabia says it is still reviewing the deaths of thousands of people nine months after a deadly crush during Hajj near the holy city of Mecca.
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Iranians not attending Hajj due to Saudi obstructionism: Official
May 30, 2016 16:57The head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization says Iranians will not attend this year’s Hajj, blaming Saudi Arabia for creating obstacles in the way of Iranians seeking to perform the ritual.