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Normalization with Zionist entity will bring nothing but exploitation for Arab governments: Leader
Jun 08, 2022 10:30Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Arab governments that chose to normalize their relations with the illegal Zionist entity against the will of their people will only end up being exploited by the occupying regime.
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Riyadh yet to announce results of investigation into Mina crush, says Iranian official
Sep 26, 2021 05:35Saudi Arabia has not yet announced the results of a fact-finding committee’s probe into the 2015 Mina crush, says the head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, stressing that Tehran is still pressing Riyadh on the rights of those who lost their lives in the tragedy.
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Iran mulls end to 5-year ban on umrah pilgrimage amid ‘positive Saudi signals’
Jul 29, 2021 05:26Iranian authorities say pilgrims may be able to resume visits to Saudi Arabia for performing umrah rituals after a five-year ban and amid reports that Saudi Arabia has agreed to guarantee the safety and dignity of the Iranian travelers.
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Heartiest Eid al-Adha felicitations
Jul 21, 2021 08:59The 10th of Zil-Hijja is the day of remembrance of the Prophet Abraham’s firm and unflinching faith in God and how he obeyed the divine commandment to offer his firstborn son, Ishmael, as sacrifice.
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Observances of the Day of Arafah
Jul 20, 2021 09:02We present you a special programme on the Day of Arafah, on which pilgrims to the House of God spent in prayers and supplications, as one of the most significant rituals of the Hajj in the plain of Arafaat near Mecca yesterday, because of the sighting of the crescent a day earlier in Hijaz.
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Leader’s Hajj message: Resistance key to ending US intervention in Islamic nations
Jul 19, 2021 06:27Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says a Jihad-like struggle and continued resistance is what can prevent America and other international aggressors from interfering in the affairs of the Islamic countries.
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Saudi opponents call for mass nationwide anti-regime protests on Day of Arafah
Jul 19, 2021 15:05Hundreds of Saudi political opponents, distraught with the recent online publication of pictures of the empty Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Mecca next to crowded nightclubs in the kingdom, have set fire to photos of the country's leaders, calling for mass anti-regime protests on the Day of Arafah.
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Pilgrims start second downsized Hajj rituals amid COVID pandemic, restrictions
Jul 18, 2021 10:40A few thousand pilgrims have streamed out of the holy city of Mecca to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage for the second downsized rituals staged during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Iran protests Saudi’s decision to bar pilgrims from Hajj over coronavirus
Jun 16, 2021 18:32Iran’s top government authority on Hajj has protested against a recent decision adopted in Saudi Arabia to impose restrictions on the annual pilgrimage for a second year over coronavirus concerns.
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Saudi Arabia bars foreign Muslims from Hajj for 2nd years
Jun 13, 2021 13:45Saudi Arabia has for a second consecutive year barred foreign Muslims from annual Hajj rituals due to the coronavirus pandemic.