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Saudi Arabia picks UK firm to make e-bracelets for pilgrims
Sep 01, 2016 08:15Saudi 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 13:28Saudi 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 12:06At 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 07:46Muslim 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 12:05A 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 15:44Justice 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 05:01Saudi 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 12:27The 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.
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Tehran to hold Riyadh accountable if this year’s Hajj is not observed
May 29, 2016 01:40The Saudi Arabian government has “blocked all the paths” for Iran to negotiate details of this year’s Hajj.
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Takfiri terrorists will be buried in Syria and Iraq: Senior Iranian official
May 19, 2016 07:40A high-ranking Iranian official says Takfiri terrorists will be buried in Syria and Iraq, where they have been engaging in terrorist activities over the past few years.