Saudi Arabia Says Iran Hit A New Low With Accusations Over Hajj Khamenei has also blamed saudi arabia for an earlier crane collapse in mecca that killed 111 people, and said the kingdom's rulers had "reduced the hajj to a religious tourist trip" while accusing. Saudi arabia warns iran after accusations government ‘murdered’ hajj pilgrims killed in stampede ‘we will never relent in protecting this holy land and our dear country,’ prince khaled al.
Saudi Arabia Says Iran Hit A New Low With Accusations Over Hajj Mina, saudi arabia (ap) — saudi arabia faced new accusations of neglect friday in the hajj disaster that killed over 700 people, the second tragedy at this year’s pilgrimage overseen by the kingdom’s rulers who base their legitimacy in part on protecting islam’s holiest sites. leading the criticism was regional shiite powerhouse iran. Saudi foreign minister adel al jubeir said on may 29 that iran had demanded the right to organize demonstrations and to have privileges that "would cause chaos during the hajj" pilgrimage to islam. Last year, saudi arabia implemented a quota system per country, limiting the number of hajj visas to 1,000 per 1 million muslims in a country. before the pandemic, about 10,000 hajj visas were. Over 450 iranian pilgrims were killed in a stampede during the 2015 hajj in mecca, and iranian officials at the time accused saudi authorities of mismanagement that led to the disaster. 'good news'.
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