First Group of Iranian Umrah Pilgrims to Leave for Saudi Arabia in Late August
Nasrollah Farahmand, CEO of the Saadat Umrah Institute, said at a meeting of the country’s Hajj and pilgrimage officials that the first group of Umrah pilgrims will leave for Saudi Arabia on August 23.
The meeting was held in Tehran on Tuesday.
Farahmand gave a report at the meeting on the start of Umrah operations nest month with the goal of dispatching over 400,000 Umrah pilgrims from 17 flight stations—with the possibility of increasing this number.
He added that compensation for flight delays has so far been paid to 25,277 Umrah pilgrims.
Elsewhere at the meeting, the Hajj and Umrah Deputy at the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization provided a detailed report on the 2025 Hajj process across various sectors, describing the transportation of pilgrims to the holy land as an unprecedented phase in outbound flights, marked by a rare reduction in delays.
Akbar Rezaei explained that during the return operations, due to the Israeli regime’s aggression and cancellation of flights, pilgrims were first flown to Saudi cities near Iraqi border, then transported by land via borders with Iraq, and finally by air to Mashhad Airport.
He noted that over 22,000 pilgrims used air services, while the rest traveled by land.
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Hajj is a pilgrimage to Mecca that every able-bodied and financially able Muslim is obliged to undertake at least once during their lifetime.
Umrah refers to pilgrimage rites carried out in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina throughout the year, and is separate from the annual week-long Hajj.
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