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Visa Requirements for Arbaeen Pilgrims of Iran Lifted 12 Jul 2024

Visa Requirements for Arbaeen Pilgrims of Iran Lifted

Iraq has removed visa requirements for the Iranian pilgrims planning to visit the Arab country for Arbaeen rituals, Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said.

Indian pilgrims stranded in Iran go back home 17 May 2020

Indian pilgrims stranded in Iran go back home

A group of Indian pilgrims stranded in Iran due to the cancelation of flights as a precautionary measure against the Covid-19 outbreak, returned home.

Pak Gov. to apply new policy for easing country’s pilgrims’ commute to Iran 27 Jul 2019

Pak Gov. to apply new policy for easing country’s pilgrims’ commute to Iran

Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony of Pakistan is to apply a new policy to facilitate commute of the country’s pilgrim to Iran and then to Iraq and Syria before October, 2019, i.e. the beginning of Muslim calendar months of Safar and Muharrem.

Official promises ‘safe Hajj rituals’ for Iranian pilgrims this year 03 Jun 2018

Official promises ‘safe Hajj rituals’ for Iranian pilgrims this year

Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organizations Hamid Mohammadi underlined the need for holding of a safe Hajj this year, compared to the previous years. “Last year, security was among the most important concerns of pilgrims; fortunately, the ceremony was safer than it was some years ago,” he said. “Security of pilgrims during Hajj rituals […]

Ayatollah Khamenei Hails Arbaeen Pilgrimage as Outstanding Event 07 Nov 2017

Ayatollah Khamenei Hails Arbaeen Pilgrimage as Outstanding Event

TEHRAN  – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei applauded the growing enthusiasm for commemoration of Arbaeen, describing the magnificent pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) in Karbala to mark Arbaeen as a major event bestowed by Almighty God. In comments at the beginning of a religious course in Tehran […]

Shiite Pilgrims in Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf ahead of Arbaeen 03 Nov 2017

Shiite Pilgrims in Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf ahead of Arbaeen

NAJAF  – Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims start their walking to mark Arbaeen, the 40th day after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shiite Imam, from the holy city of Najaf, south of Karbala.

Visa Requirements for Arbaeen Pilgrims Not Lifted 23 Oct 2017

Visa Requirements for Arbaeen Pilgrims Not Lifted

TEHRAN  – An Iranian deputy foreign minister rejected reports that Iraq has removed visa requirements for pilgrims going to the Arab country for Arbaeen rituals, stressing that visitors will still need visas from the Iraqi government to cross the border. Speaking to Tasnim on Sunday, Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Expatriates’ Affairs Hassan […]