Iran’s Culture Ministry Seeking to Develop Quranic Activities
Speaking in a meeting in Qom with senior cleric Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli, he said the effort is in line with the country’s macro-cultural policies.
Salehi Amiri also said the guidelines of senior clerics, including Ayatollah Javadi Amoli, who has spent his life for promoting the teachings of the Quran, will be used on this path.
Elsewhere, he referred to Iran’s policy on Hajj, saying that if the country’s conditions are met, Iranian pilgrims will be sent to Hajj this year.
Last week, Ali Qazi-Askar, the representative of Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Hajj and pilgrimage affairs, confirmed that Iran has received an invitation from Saudi Arabia for talks on the 2017 Hajj pilgrimage, adding that a delegation will go to the kingdom for the negotiations.
More than 1.8 million faithful took part in last year’s Hajj, but Iranians stayed at home after tensions between Riyadh and Tehran boiled over following a deadly stampede during the 2015 pilgrimage.
On September 2, 2015, thousands of people lost their lives in a deadly crush after Saudi authorities blocked a road in Mina during a ritual, forcing large crowds of pilgrims to collide.
The crush was the deadliest incident in the history of the pilgrimage. More than 4,700 people, including over 460 Iranian pilgrims, lost their lives in the tragic event.
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