tag Mina Tragedy

Mina crush indicates Saudi incompetence in managing Hajj rituals

EghtesadOnline: Head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi said on Friday that the martyrdom of over 7,000 pilgrims during the Mina crush in Saudi Arabia last year showed the incompetence of the authorities in charge of the rituals there.
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Publish Date:25/September/2016 | 05:15

Iran urging formation of fact finding committee for Hajj tragedy

EghtesadOnline: Head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization underlined that Iran is seriously following up setting up a fact-finding committee to investigate Mina tragic incident which resulted in death of nearly 500 Iranians during last year’s Hajj rituals.
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Publish Date:11/September/2016 | 24:12

Leader demands UN inquiry into deaths of Iranian pilgrims, blood money

EghtesadOnline: Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday demanded an international and Islamic inquiry into deaths of Iranian pilgrims and blood money the Saudis must pay to the families who lost their loved ones.
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Publish Date:07/September/2016 | 13:17

Iran to commemorate victims of Mina tragedy

EghtesadOnline: Iran will hold an international conference to commemorate victims of Mina tragedy which resulted in death of up to seven thousand Hajj pilgrims last year, senior Hajj official said.
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Publish Date:07/August/2016 | 09:11

Mecca, Medina properties of Islam, not Al Saud: Iran

EghtesadOnline: An Iranian official says Saudi Arabia has deliberately barred Iranians from making the Hajj pilgrimage and refused to discuss ways to prevent the reoccurrence of a deadly crush during last year’s Hajj rituals in Mina.
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Publish Date:10/September/2016 | 10:52

Iran not to ignore Mina martyrs' blood, says Rouhani

EghtesadOnline: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated that the country would continue legal and political pursuit to vindicate rights of Mina tragedy martyrs.
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Publish Date:07/September/2016 | 24:13

Foreign Ministry Pursuing Mina Tragedy

EghtesadOnline: Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi assured the families of victims of last year’s deadly crush in Saudi Arabia’s Mina that the ministry is striving to restore the rights of the families through political and legal channels.
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Publish Date:06/August/2016 | 09:58