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Ayatollah Khamenei Calls On Muslims To Reconsider Saudi Management Of Mecca, Medina
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued an angry rebuke to "blasphemous" regional rival Saudi Arabia today, calling on the Muslim world to question its management of Islam's holiest sites.
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Electronic Wristbands, More Cameras To Prevent Repeat Of Fatal Crush At Haj
A year after the worst haj disaster in a generation, Saudi Arabia is issuing pilgrims with electronic bracelets and using more surveillance cameras to avoid a repeat of a crush that killed hundreds and damaged already strained ties with Iran.
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Iran's Leader Demands Muslim World Probe Haj Deaths
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on Wednesday called on Muslim countries to investigate the deadly crush on the Islamic haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia last Thursday that killed 769 people including at least 239 Iranians.
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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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A Stampede Survivor's Tale: 'I Was Pinned Down'
Hamza Musa Kabir from Kano in northern Nigeria survived the massive stampede at the hajj by shedding his pilgrim's garment after he was pinned under a man in the crush, which killed 769 people.
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Iran Leader Demands Saudi Arabia Apologise for Haj Deaths
Iran's supreme leader has said Saudi Arabia should apologise for a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca that killed 769 worshipers performing the annual haj pilgrimage, Khamenei's website said on Sunday.
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Haj Death Toll Rises to 769, Iran Denounces 'Crime'
The death toll in a crush at the annual haj pilgrimage outside Mecca rose to 769, Saudi Arabia said on Saturday, as arch-rival Iran said Saudi officials should be tried in an international court for what it called a crime.
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Ayatollah Khamenei Calls On Muslims To Reconsider Saudi Management Of Mecca, Medina
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued an angry rebuke to "blasphemous" regional rival Saudi Arabia today, calling on the Muslim world to question its management of Islam's holiest sites.
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Electronic Wristbands, More Cameras To Prevent Repeat Of Fatal Crush At Haj
A year after the worst haj disaster in a generation, Saudi Arabia is issuing pilgrims with electronic bracelets and using more surveillance cameras to avoid a repeat of a crush that killed hundreds and damaged already strained ties with Iran.
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Iran's Leader Demands Muslim World Probe Haj Deaths
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on Wednesday called on Muslim countries to investigate the deadly crush on the Islamic haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia last Thursday that killed 769 people including at least 239 Iranians.
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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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A Stampede Survivor's Tale: 'I Was Pinned Down'
Hamza Musa Kabir from Kano in northern Nigeria survived the massive stampede at the hajj by shedding his pilgrim's garment after he was pinned under a man in the crush, which killed 769 people.
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Iran Leader Demands Saudi Arabia Apologise for Haj Deaths
Iran's supreme leader has said Saudi Arabia should apologise for a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca that killed 769 worshipers performing the annual haj pilgrimage, Khamenei's website said on Sunday.
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Haj Death Toll Rises to 769, Iran Denounces 'Crime'
The death toll in a crush at the annual haj pilgrimage outside Mecca rose to 769, Saudi Arabia said on Saturday, as arch-rival Iran said Saudi officials should be tried in an international court for what it called a crime.
