Head of Iranian Pilgrims Returns Home Satisfied
April 7, 1999 - 0:0
TEHRAN Head of the Iranian pilgrims, Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Mohammadi Rayshahri Monday expressed satisfaction with good Irano-Saudi ties in this year's Hajj programs directed by the office of the supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Mecca, IRNA reported. Talking to IRNA at Mehrabad Airport on his return home from Saudi Arabia, the representative of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on Hajj affairs said that Iranian pilgrims had the chance to celebrate four religious and national festivals at the holy sites in Mecca and Medina. Hojjatoleslam Rayshahri termed this year's Hajj pilgrimage as the calmest and most magnificent and successful Hajj rituals compared to previous years and inspired from the rituals of the father of the divine prophets, Abraham (PBUH) and the guidelines of the supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution. On the Leader's statement to mark the new Iranian year and naming the year 1378 as the year of Imam Khomeini, Rayshahri said Iranian and other pilgrims demonstrated greater inclination towards the lofty ideas of the Father of the Islamic Revolution and Founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran the late Imam Khomeini. Head of the Leader's office Hojjatoleslam Mohammadi Golpayegani, the president's representative, the commerce minister and the head of Irano-Saudi joint cooperation commission Mohammad Shariat- madari and other Iranian officials were at the airport to welcome Rayshahri and his companions.
Meanwhile, some 32,600 Iranian pilgrims have so far arrived in the city of Medina from the holy city of Mecca since the conclusion of Hajj rituals Jafar Mahmoudi, head of Hajj headquarters in Medina told reporters that the Iranian pilgrims will stay in Medina for 9-11 days. Operations to transfer Iranian pilgrims from Saudi Arabia are scheduled to end by April 17 during which 21-23 flights will carry pilgrims from Jeddah to Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Shiraz, Sari, Ahvaz, Kerman, Hamedan, Rasht, Tabriz, Yazd, Zahedan and Kermanshah, he added.
The welfare and incidents unit at the Mecca-based Hajj headquarters announced Monday night that seven more Iranian pilgrims died in holy Mecca over the past two days. All the pilgrims who passed away were above 60 years of age, the report added. During this year's Hajj rituals, 67 Iranian pilgrims have died in Mecca and Medina so far.
Meanwhile, some 32,600 Iranian pilgrims have so far arrived in the city of Medina from the holy city of Mecca since the conclusion of Hajj rituals Jafar Mahmoudi, head of Hajj headquarters in Medina told reporters that the Iranian pilgrims will stay in Medina for 9-11 days. Operations to transfer Iranian pilgrims from Saudi Arabia are scheduled to end by April 17 during which 21-23 flights will carry pilgrims from Jeddah to Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Shiraz, Sari, Ahvaz, Kerman, Hamedan, Rasht, Tabriz, Yazd, Zahedan and Kermanshah, he added.
The welfare and incidents unit at the Mecca-based Hajj headquarters announced Monday night that seven more Iranian pilgrims died in holy Mecca over the past two days. All the pilgrims who passed away were above 60 years of age, the report added. During this year's Hajj rituals, 67 Iranian pilgrims have died in Mecca and Medina so far.