Tuesday, April 19, 2022

The government spokesman said one million Muslims will head to Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage this year, adding that Iran’s share accounts for over 5% of that figure.

Bahadori Jahromi added that Iranian authorities are trying to bring down the costs for the pilgrims as much as they can.

Saudi Arabia allowed only a few thousand local pilgrims to perform the Hajj over the past two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.

This year, it has said that it will allow one million people – from inside and outside the kingdom take part providing they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

This year’s Hajj will commence from the evening of Thursday, 7th of July and will continue till the evening of 12th of July.

Source: https://ifpnews.com/official-about-40000-iranians-can-perform-hajj-this-year/