Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi called late Saturday for the formation of a fact-finding committee to investigate last year’s human crush which killed thousands of pilgrims during Hajj rituals in Saudi Arabia, a senior official says. During a press conference the northern city of Rasht, Ohadi ...
Nearly two million pilgrims have converged on western Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj, with hundreds of thousands others are not attending the pilgrimage because Saudi authorities failed to ensure their safety following last year’s tragic stampede which killed hundreds. Saudi officials about two million Muslims descended on the holy ...
