Thursday, 30 July 2020_Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization and the Representative of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in Hajj Affairs have issued a joint statement ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Mina disaster and the Mecca crane collapse, saying Tehran is seriously pursuing the rights of victims.
TEHRAN, August 9 - High-speed rail service will be available for the first time this year during Hajj, the pilgrimage by Muslims to Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca.
TEHRAN, August 23 -Thousands of cleaners are busy separating plastic from other rubbish as more than two million Muslims wrap up the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.
TEHRAN, June 09 - A man committed suicide only meters away from the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque of Mecca, Islam's holiest site, by jumping from the third floor to the surface, where thousands of pilgrims were performing the tawaaf.
TEHRAN, January 30 - Some workers suffered slight suffocation when a fire broke out in some of offices near the eastern courtyard of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
TEHRAN, October 3- A court in Saudi Arabia has acquitted the Binladin Group of responsibility for the deadly crane collapse in the holy city of Mecca back in 2005.
TEHRAN, September 8 - Head of Iranian Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Hamid Mohammadi said the country would pursue attack on an Iranian cleric in Mecca conducted by Takfiri elements.
TEHRAN, August 22 -Doha has said that Saudi Arabia must permit Qatar’s own airlines to transport Hajj pilgrims to Mecca rather than forcing them to rely on the kingdom's national carrier, Saudi Arabia Airlines.
Saudi construction conglomerate Binladin Group reportedly plans to restart a $26.6-billion project to expand the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, nearly two years after a deadly crane crash halted the development operation.
TEHRAN, June 24, YJC -Iran has strongly denounced a terror plot targeting the Grand Mosque in the holy Saudi city of Mecca, saying the “foiled attempt” proved again that terrorism knows no boundaries.
TEHRAN, June 24, YJC - Iran’s FM Spokesman stressed that his country is ready to help the region countries, condemning terrorism in its every form and every where and with any motivation.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi repudiated the reports over Iran’s decision to halt sending Iranian pilgrims to Mecca saying “in case that the ground is prepared the issue will be assessed and the proper decisions will be made”.
ALONG with a billion Muslims across the globe, I turn to Mecca in Saudi Arabia every day to say my prayers. But when I visit the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, the resting place of the Prophet Muhammad, I am forced to leave overwhelmed with anguish at the power of extremism running amok in Islam’s birthplace. Non-Muslims are forbidden to enter this part of the kingdom, so there is no international scrutiny of the ideas and practices that affect the 13 million Muslims who visit each year.
TEHRAN, YJC. The Kaba is washed every year in the month of Shaban (Islamic calendar). Zamzam water from Saudi Arabia and rose water from Iran is used for the washing. Also, the drape which is made of silk and sewn with gold is replaced.