The death toll from a deadly crush during Hajj pilgrimage rituals in Mina, outside the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, has soared to about 2,000.
Saturday, September 26, 2015 11:20
Hujjat al-Islam Sa’idi referred to Thursday’s traumatic stampede in Mina, saying: “The Saudi’s incompetent management of the situation was the cause of these incidents.”
Saturday, September 26, 2015 11:19
The presence of the convoy of the son of the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in central Mina prompted the deadly stampede.
Saturday, September 26, 2015 11:17
Iran’s attorney general says justice must be served for the culprits in the tragedy of September 24 in Mina.
The secretary general of Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says the Saudi regime should allow a joint committee of Muslim countries to oversee the management of annual Hajj pilgrimage.
Saturday, September 26, 2015 11:13
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has ordered the formation of a special task force to address the recent incident outside the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
Friday, September 25, 2015 02:52
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei declares three days of national mourning following the deaths of several hundred Hajj pilgrims, including at least 125 Iranian nationals, in the holy city of Mecca
Friday, September 25, 2015 12:40
The speaker of Iran's parliament (Majlis) has blamed Riyadh for its "negligence" in a deadly crane collapse in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca.
Saturday, September 12, 2015 01:41