Seyyed Morteza Bakhtiari, showed up among the reporters at the free station of Jawad al-Aemeh (A.S.) on the Neyshabur route and answered their questions.
Pointing to the establishment of sixty welcoming stations, service and settlement by the servants and servants’ assistants of the Imam Reza’s (A.S.) Heavenly Court in Mashhad, and the off-city stations in order to receive walking pilgrims he stated, “Through the emphasis of the Grand Custodian of Astan Quds Razavi, and with the development of the concepts of servant, service, and the served, in addition to the servants of Holy Shrine, we are witnessing the welcome and presence of different classes of society among the servants of the dear pilgrims of Imam Reza (A.S.).”
“All the pilgrims of Imam Reza (A.S.) will be served by the blessed food of the Imam’s guesthouse” he said, referring to the provision of accommodation services to 120,000 walking pilgrims.
Deputy custodian of Astan Quds Razavi, by reference to the great role of the people of Mashhad in the development of the culture of hosting the pilgrims reiterated, “Last year, 60,000 houses of the Compassionate Imam’s neighbors hosted the walking pilgrims.”
“In the routes leading to the holy city of Mashhad, technical servicemen of the Holy Shrine are also present to carry out repairs of cars and serve the pilgrims on the roads” Bakhtiari asserted.
Offering Services to the Earthquake Stricken People in Kermanshah
In response to a question regarding services to earthquake victims in the province of Kermanshah, Bakhtiari stated, “By the special emphasis of Ayatollah Raiesi, the servants of the Razavi Karamat Foundation, immediately were dispatched from the Iraq’s Holy Shrines to the Sarpol-e Zahab, and the earthquake-stricken cities and villages of the western provinces, and the process of service provision continues with agility and strength.”
“Astan Quds Razavi, along with other executive and relief agencies, considers its inherent duty to reduce the suffering of these loved ones” he remarked.