Some 30,000 Iranian pilgrims have so far arrived in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Adil Rashid will miss England’s white-ball series against India after being given clearance to make the holy pilgrimage to Mecca.

The Director General of Hajj and Umrah sector, Abdul Rahman al-Noaimi, said that the Saudi regime allowed only 11,000 Yemeni pilgrims to perform Hajj this year .

Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Sadeq Hosseini in a meeting with Minister of Hajj and Umra for Saudi Arabia Tawfiq Al Rabiah on Tuesday discussed various issues, including mulling an increase in Iran’s Hajj quota.

Imam Khamenei: Hajj teaches us to live a simple life

A total of 297,444 applications have been registered in the electronic draw for citizens and residents inside the Kingdom for the 2022 Hajj season, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said on Wednesday.

Five medical centers have been established in Medina and Mecca that will offer services to Iranian pilgrims during the 2022 Hajj.

On the first day of Hajj flights from Iran to Saudi Arabia, some 1,300 Iranian pilgrims arrived in the holy city of Medina Sunday.

The first Iranian Hajj caravan left Iran for Medina today to perform the annual Hajj congregation.

In a meeting with Hajj officials on June 8, 2022, Imam Khamenei said that Hajj is a pillar of human life. He said that it contains important messages and lessons for various aspects of human beings’ individual and social life. The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, considered the Zionist Regime “an obvious plague for the world of Islam” which needs to be “exposed in any way possible”.

The head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization said Saudi officials have not yet responded to complaints by several countries over increasing Hajj costs in 2022.

The Representative of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs voiced Iran’s readiness to share its experiences in the field of Hajj with other Muslim states.

Special phone stations for female worshipers have been provided inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca.

The representative of the Supreme Leader in Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs announced the dispatch of about 40,000 Iranian pilgrims to the Hajj pilgrimage this year.

Operations to clean and disinfect the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, continue with some robots contributing to the efforts.