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28 Pakistani Pilgrims Killed After Bus Overturns, Catches Fire In Iran
At least 28 Pakistani pilgrims travelling to Iraq for a Shiite Muslim ritual were killed as their bus crashed in central Iran, state media reported early Wednesday.
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19 Pilgrims From Jordan, Iran Died In Saudi During Hajj Amid Extreme Heat
At least 19 Jordanian and Iranian pilgrims have died while on the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, authorities from their countries said on Sunday, as temperatures soar in the kingdom.
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Efforts On For Return Of Indian Pilgrims From Iran: S Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said efforts are underway for the return of Indian pilgrims from Iran's Qom city and follow up arrangements are being discussed with the Iranian authorities.
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1.4 Million Pilgrims Arrive In Saudi Arabia Before Hajj
More than 1.4 million Muslims have so far arrived in Saudi Arabia for the hajj, authorities said Thursday, with the annual pilgrimage marked by the return of Iranians after Tehran's boycott last year.
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Suicide Truck Bomb Kills More Than 80 In Iraq
A suicide truck bomb killed more than 80 people, most of them Iranian Shia pilgrims, at a petrol station in the city of Hilla 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad on Thursday, police and medical sources said.
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Iran Not To Send Pilgrims To Mecca, Blames Saudi Arabia
Iranians will not take part in this year's Mecca pilgrimage because of "obstacles" raised by Saudi Arabia, custodian of Islam's holiest sites, Iran's Culture Minister Ali Jannati said on Sunday.
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Iran Won't Attend Hajj In Saudi Arabia This Year
Iran will not send pilgrims to Saudi Arabia this year for the annual hajj pilgrimage, an Iranian official announced Thursday, the latest sign of tensions between the two Mideast powers after a disaster during the event last year killed at least 2,426 people.
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Iran Raises Its Hajj Stampede Death Toll to 226
A total of 226 Iranian pilgrims were killed in last week's hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia, authorities in Tehran said on Monday, raising the toll from 169.
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Iran President Hassan Rouhani to Join Repatriation Ceremony for Haj Dead
President Hassan Rouhani will fly home early from New York to attend a repatriation ceremony in Tehran on Tuesday for Iranian pilgrims killed in the stampede at the Haj, his office said.
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Iran Demands Role In Haj Stampede Inquiry: Official
Iran demanded on Friday that it and other affected countries be given a role in the Saudi investigation into the stampede that killed more than 700 pilgrims, including 131 Iranians, at this year's Haj.
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Iran Holds Anti-Saudi Protest Over Haj Stampede Deaths
Iranian authorities organised a demonstration against Saudi Arabia's management of the annual Haj on Friday as it mourned 131 nationals among 717 pilgrims killed in a crush outside Mecca.
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Iran Pilgrims Prevent Nuclear Protest Outside Mosque
Iranian pilgrims at a Shiite holy site near the city of Qom intervened against the distribution of leaflets opposing Tehran's nuclear talks with world powers, state news agency IRNA reported today.
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Car bomb in Iraq kills 10 Iranian pilgrims
A car bomb in a restive town north of Iraq's capital killed 10 Iranian pilgrims Friday, officials said, the latest in a spike in violence that has sparked fears of all-out sectarian war.
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48 Iranians kidnapped in Syria, says Iran TV
In a brazen daylight kidnapping, gunmen snatched a bus filled with 48 Iranian pilgrims from a Damascus suburb on Saturday as they headed to visit a shrine holy to Shiites, reported Iranian state television.
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46 killed, over 200 killed in Iraq attacks ahead of Arab summit
Near-simultaneous attacks in half a dozen Iraqi cities on Tuesday killed at least 26 people, including two Iranian pilgrims, security and medical officials said.
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28 Pakistani Pilgrims Killed After Bus Overturns, Catches Fire In Iran
At least 28 Pakistani pilgrims travelling to Iraq for a Shiite Muslim ritual were killed as their bus crashed in central Iran, state media reported early Wednesday.
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19 Pilgrims From Jordan, Iran Died In Saudi During Hajj Amid Extreme Heat
At least 19 Jordanian and Iranian pilgrims have died while on the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, authorities from their countries said on Sunday, as temperatures soar in the kingdom.
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Efforts On For Return Of Indian Pilgrims From Iran: S Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said efforts are underway for the return of Indian pilgrims from Iran's Qom city and follow up arrangements are being discussed with the Iranian authorities.
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1.4 Million Pilgrims Arrive In Saudi Arabia Before Hajj
More than 1.4 million Muslims have so far arrived in Saudi Arabia for the hajj, authorities said Thursday, with the annual pilgrimage marked by the return of Iranians after Tehran's boycott last year.
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Suicide Truck Bomb Kills More Than 80 In Iraq
A suicide truck bomb killed more than 80 people, most of them Iranian Shia pilgrims, at a petrol station in the city of Hilla 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad on Thursday, police and medical sources said.
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Iran Not To Send Pilgrims To Mecca, Blames Saudi Arabia
Iranians will not take part in this year's Mecca pilgrimage because of "obstacles" raised by Saudi Arabia, custodian of Islam's holiest sites, Iran's Culture Minister Ali Jannati said on Sunday.
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Iran Won't Attend Hajj In Saudi Arabia This Year
Iran will not send pilgrims to Saudi Arabia this year for the annual hajj pilgrimage, an Iranian official announced Thursday, the latest sign of tensions between the two Mideast powers after a disaster during the event last year killed at least 2,426 people.
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Iran Raises Its Hajj Stampede Death Toll to 226
A total of 226 Iranian pilgrims were killed in last week's hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia, authorities in Tehran said on Monday, raising the toll from 169.
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Iran President Hassan Rouhani to Join Repatriation Ceremony for Haj Dead
President Hassan Rouhani will fly home early from New York to attend a repatriation ceremony in Tehran on Tuesday for Iranian pilgrims killed in the stampede at the Haj, his office said.
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Iran Demands Role In Haj Stampede Inquiry: Official
Iran demanded on Friday that it and other affected countries be given a role in the Saudi investigation into the stampede that killed more than 700 pilgrims, including 131 Iranians, at this year's Haj.
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Iran Holds Anti-Saudi Protest Over Haj Stampede Deaths
Iranian authorities organised a demonstration against Saudi Arabia's management of the annual Haj on Friday as it mourned 131 nationals among 717 pilgrims killed in a crush outside Mecca.
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Iran Pilgrims Prevent Nuclear Protest Outside Mosque
Iranian pilgrims at a Shiite holy site near the city of Qom intervened against the distribution of leaflets opposing Tehran's nuclear talks with world powers, state news agency IRNA reported today.
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Car bomb in Iraq kills 10 Iranian pilgrims
A car bomb in a restive town north of Iraq's capital killed 10 Iranian pilgrims Friday, officials said, the latest in a spike in violence that has sparked fears of all-out sectarian war.
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48 Iranians kidnapped in Syria, says Iran TV
In a brazen daylight kidnapping, gunmen snatched a bus filled with 48 Iranian pilgrims from a Damascus suburb on Saturday as they headed to visit a shrine holy to Shiites, reported Iranian state television.
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46 killed, over 200 killed in Iraq attacks ahead of Arab summit
Near-simultaneous attacks in half a dozen Iraqi cities on Tuesday killed at least 26 people, including two Iranian pilgrims, security and medical officials said.
