Ayatollah Safi-Golpaygani said, “The horrendous event of Mina was an enormous tragedy and wound, and a great injustice that affected the Muslims. This incident was the cause of sorrow and grief of all Muslims and will be recorded as a disgrace in the history of Saudi Arabia.”

Spokesman for the Iranian administration expressed the cabinet’s determination to relieve the pains of those who lost their loved ones in a fatal crush of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia during last year’s Hajj.

Ayatollah Hashemi-Shahroudi said, “The Mina tragedy was a unique occurrence in the history of Islam in which more than 7,000 believers in the state of ihram and while in the secure shrine of God while performing the divine Hajj rituals were martyred with thirsty lips.”

A senior Iranian cleric says Saudi rulers are criminals who must be tried in Islamic tribunals and punished for the deaths of thousands during a Hajj stampede last year.

Fourteen countries around the world have held special ceremonies to commemorate the anniversary of a tragic crush of people that killed 7,000 Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia’s Mina last year, Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi said Monday.

Authorities in Saudi Arabia have arrested hundreds of Indonesian pilgrims, claiming they have entered the holy city of Mecca without the appropriate permits.

An official delegation from Diwaniya Investment Commission headed by Engineer Haidar al-Zubaidi and the accompanying delegation visited Imam Ali Holy Shrine. The delegation gained the honor of visiting the shrine of the commander of faithful (peace be upon him).

About 1.5 million Muslims from across the world have started to observe the Day of Arafat, an occasion for repentance and supplication considered as the pinnacle of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said Saudi Arabia has taken the holy sites of Islam hostage in order to implement its spiteful policies.

Imam Ali Holy Shrine commemorates the memory of the martyrdom of Imam Mohammad al-Baqir (peace be upon him). The ceremony included reading the specific visit and organizing mourning procession in Imam Ali Holy Shrine.

“Today, the evil and accursed lineage of the “House of Saud” is the strategic extension of hegemony policies and the devil sect in our region” Grand Custodian of Astan Quds Razavi said, at the mourning ceremony of the martyrdom of Imam Muhammad Baqir (A.S.).

Secretary General of Imam Ali Holy Shrine, Sayyed Nizar Hashim Habl al-Mateen inspected the Mechanisms Department, where he was accompanied by a member of the Board of Directors Engineer Ali Sadiq, responsible follow-up in the office of Secretary-General Mohammed Al-Aasm and a number of department officials. The secretary general was briefed about a number of specialized mechanisms that was arrived to Imam Ali Holy Shrine and it was maintained completely.

Public relations in Imam Ali Holy Shrine started its program by raising the banner of the commander of faithful (peace be upon him) (Rayat al-Huda – Guidance Banner) in the presidency of the University of Kufa building.

Grand Custodian of Astan Quds Razavi, in the opening ceremony of the academic year of Navvab Seminary School said, “The Islamic awakening is a movement and a wave, which cannot be destroyed by the conspiracies and attempts of hegemony.”

An Iranian official says the Islamic Republic will not give up pursuing the rights of the victims of a deadly crush during last year’s Hajj rituals in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, until justice is achieved.

Saudi Arabia's top cleric will not be delivering this year's prestigious hajj sermon on Sunday for the first time in more than three decades.

Supreme Leader’s in Hajj Affairs Hojjatoleslam Ali Qazi Asgar said the Saudis mismanagement of Hajj has a long record.

A senior Bahraini opposition figure said recent remarks made by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on the last year's deadly crush of Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia have sparked a new wave among Muslim nations, calling for a probe into the incident.

Senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi vowed that the Islamic Ummah (community) would definitely get revenge against the Saudi regime for the tragic deaths of Hajj pilgrims in Mina last year.

Prominent Sunni scholar hailed recent Hajj message issued by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution as a proper and timely criticism of the inappropriate function of Saudi Arabia on Mina incident.