Supreme Leader’s representative in Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs:
This Year’s Haj will be held in an honorable manner and we hope it will be in the dignity of Iran’s Islamic System

As reported by Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Information Base, Supreme Leader’s representative in Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs and Head of the Iranian pilgrims Hojjat al-Islam Seyed Abdolfattah Navvab in a meeting with representatives of religious authorities on Sunday night (15th of Khordad) called for holding an honorable Hajj rituals and said that all organizers of Hajj and pilgrimage are doing their efforts. 

At the beginning, Hojjat al-Islam Navvab commemorated religious authorities Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani, Ayatollah Sharoudi, Ayatollah Hakim, Ayatollah Rey Shahri and 250 servants of holy ritual who had passed away in the past two years. He also appreciated the offices of the religious authorities for being responsive to newly-emerged issues in Mecca and Medina during 1398 to 1400. 

The Supreme Jurisprudent’s representative also described this year’s Hajj conditions as difficult and unprecedented and voiced his strong protest to uncontrolled increase in costs in Saudi Arabia and lack of cooperation by Saudi service companies with the pilgrims. 

Hojjat al-Islam Navvab pointed out that when a contract was signed with Saudi service companies in the past, the contract did not undergo any changes from the beginning till end of Hajj and it remained unchanged. But the prices are agreed upon only for one week. 

Although the conditions have become more difficult for the pilgrims this year as compared to previous years, especially with regard to the prices, but Hojjat al-Islam Navvab promised that the pilgrims should not worry about performing their rituals and this year’s Hajj will be held in an honorable manner and hopefully by taking the dignity of the Islamic Republic of Iran into account. 

Hajj week is held every year on the eve of the pilgrims trip from the first to seventh of Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah with various programs. Iranian pilgrims will also begin their trip to the land of revelation this year from the third decade of Khordad, with the partial lifting of corona restrictions.

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After speech by Hojjat al-Islam Navvab, Head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Seyyed Sadeq Hosseini in a telephone talk presented a report on Hajj costs for this year and spoke about the consultations done in line with giving discount by the Saudi companies.

He said that there has been correspondence with Saudi Hajj Ministry and other countries have also announced their protests that was unfortunately left without any response. 

Head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization also said that besides rise in costs of service companies, the price of protein products has also increased by 20 to 40 percent in Saudi Arabia.

Hosseini recalled that although the pilgrims had been promised that the total cost of Hajj pilgrimage for this year will be 35 million tomans, but we have to ask for another 7 million tomans from them.

He pointed out that injection of coronavirus vaccines, polio and meningitis of most of the pilgrims is conducted with the help of Iranian Health Ministry and there is no concern in his regard. 

Hosseini, meantime, expressed hope that a fine and calm Hajj will be observed this year.