with the presence of Hajj and Pilgrimage officials;
Beginning the first National Conference on Nutrition and Procurement for Pilgrimage trips

The first National Conference on Nutrition and Procurement in pilgrimage trips with the aim of utilizing the research and experimental capacities of academic elites, pilgrimage agents and experts, to improve the quality of services to pilgrims began this morning virtually in hajj and the pilgrimage organization with the presence of Hajj and Pilgrimage officials.

As reported by Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Information Base, At the opening ceremony of this webinar, Supreme Leader's representative in Hajj and Pilgrimage affairs and Supervisor of Iranian pilgrims Hojjat al-Islam Seyed Abdolfattah Navvab spoke about the need to appreciate the goodness and blessings of God and protect it.

Head of the Iranian pilgrims pointed out that in verse 11 of Surah Al-Duha, God tells the Holy Prophet (PBUH) to speak of divine blessings and said: God has given many blessings to the man and likes man to talk about them and be grateful for these blessings.

Congratulating the Eid of Sha'baniyeh and the anniversary of auspicious birth of Imam Hussein (AS), he added: "Being in the position of serving the pilgrims is a divine grace and the man should remember that this is not a permanent blessing and he will lose it one day."

Pointing out that a number of officials in different clothes approached their downfall after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, Supreme Leader's representative in Hajj and Pilgrimage affairs said: "Serving is very valuable word and even the great leader of the Islamic Revolution called himself a servant of the people."

"Now that God has provided this blessing to all of us, we must protect it with vigilance and remain servants", he added.

Pointing out that Imam Ali (AS) says that human being sometimes faced with misfortunes and problems that are a flip to wake up, Hojjat al-Islam Navvab stated: Almighty God loves man, and sometimes man must look at the calamities as a blessing and consciously be saved from falling.

Supreme Leader's representative in Hajj and Pilgrimage affairs called the intention of closeness in the work that is assigned to human beings as a precious key and asked the participants in this webinar to serve the pilgrims of the land of revelation and holy shrine as a divine duty.

By saying that good nutrition is effective in the growth and vitality of the pilgrim, he said the result of your efforts is the rehabilitation of pilgrims and their relationship with God and the divine saints, and you who try to provide the best services to the pilgrims with the divine intention, are share in the reward of their pilgrimage and Tawaf.

 Head of the Iranian pilgrims stating that the sellers of goods and food in the host country use the tactics of temptation and bribery to achieve their greed, added: temptation provides the ground for man to slip, and neglecting the duty of the servant can harm the pilgrim.

This webinar continued with the appreciation of the chairman of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization for organizing it and the efforts of the director of Hajj and Pilgrimage in Zanjan province in this direction.

He called on the offices of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization in other provinces to hold similar conferences on various issues in the field of Hajj and Pilgrimage.

In his speech, Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization's chairman also pointed out the importance of nutrition along with the security of pilgrims and dispatching them, and said: nutrition has become a science today and should be given special attention on pilgrimage trips.

At the end of his speech, he stressed the need to use the information of academics, continuous communication with nutritionists, using the experiences of traditional medicine specialists and those involved in Hajj, Umrah and holy shrine, and paying attention to the pilgrim's taste and said: we should try to bring the pilgrim back to his family with a good and sweet memory of pilgrimage trips.

The first national conference on nutrition and logistic for pilgrimage trips hold in the morning and afternoon. Principles of nutrition in Atabat and Hajj trips, food supply, distribution and storage; travel diet plan and related indicators; Iranian taste and food culture of destination countries; Processes of cooking, distribution and serving of food and preservation of nutritional value; nutrition and procurement and its compliance with international standards; nutrition and logistics and policies of the resistance economy; research and development and its place in nutrition and procurement; supply chain, local and international companies and competitive advantages are among the topics of this conference.