Registration for Hajj al-Tamattu Kicks Off

According to Hajj information base, the registration process for the Hajj caravans of 1402 in the presence of Supreme Leader's representative in Hajj and Pilgrimage affairs Hojjat al-Islam Seyed Abdolfattah Navvab and Head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Seyed َAbbas Hosseini, Deputy Head for Hajj and Umrah and Development of Management and Resources and a group of senior managers of this organization started at ten o'clock on Wednesday.

As per an announcement by the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, those who are eligible for this spiritual journey can register according to their priorities and based on the announced schedule.

In the first stage, applicants for the registration of Hajj caravans in 2020 (1399), who have paid the cost of this trip and have not given up on visiting the Hajj, could register at 10:00 am and 3:00 pm on Wednesday.

Mr. Akbar Rezaei, Deputy Director of Hajj and Umrah of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, during the visit of the Head of Iranian Pilgrims to the 1402 Hajj registration operation while referring to the utilization of the comprehensive housing system for arranging the caravans in this year's Hajj, said: the first priority applicants are in the districts of Ardabil, West Azerbaijan, Gilan, Bushehr, Chaharmahal Bakhtiari, South Khorasan, North Khorasan, Zanjan, Semnan, Sistan and Baluchistan, Kashan, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Golestan and Hormuzgan from ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the provinces from three o'clock in the afternoon. 

Referring to the registration process of the announced priorities, he added: In the first stage, 37,000 who registered and deposited money in 2020 (1399) can choose their caravan.

Mr. Hamid Reza Rahbari, the deputy head of Hajj organization for management and resources development, also explained about how to calculate the minimum and maximum price of the upcoming Hajj and said that the travel costs are estimated depending on several factors and from the amount received for buying foreign currency, providing flights and equipment and the facilities needed to provide services to pilgrims will be used.

Mr. Hosseini, the head of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, also pointed to the cooperation of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Medical Center in announcing the rates of medical and treatment services in the upcoming Hajj and emphasized that colleagues sent to Saudi Arabia and inside have tried to calculate and announce the minimum price.

In continuation of this visit, Hojjat al-Islam Navvab stated that the dynamics of the organization of Hajj and Pilgrimage and the servants of pilgrims in providing services in pilgrimage trips, especially Hajj, are increasing year by year, the efforts made to provide the ground for Hajj of this year. He appreciated by servants of pilgrims who have been dispatched to Saudi Arabia.

Hojjat al-Islam Navvab also called the opinion of the Iranian President and the government positive in determining the currency price for the Hajj trip and said: considering that the pilgrims deposited money into bank accounts about 16 years ago and its value decreased during these years. Today, the government came to their aid and allocated this currency.

He pointed out that with the efforts made and the per capita reduction of the agency this year, hundreds of pilgrims will go to Hajj more than in previous years, and he considered the establishment of a comprehensive housing system as a positive step in the direction of informing pilgrims about their journey. It will be more comprehensive and useful in the coming years.

The Head of Iranian Pilgrims, referring to the accompanying medical center in this year's Hajj and the reduction in the number of personnel of this center, described and recommended the spirit of convergence among the people of Iran as valuable, in response to the volunteering of some pilgrim doctors to serve the spiritual benefits of this service. The honor of using the services of these dear doctors should be provided.

He added that bout one million and fifty thousand people are waiting for Hajj pilgrimage, and Saudi Arabia does not allocate a quota to our country in the amount of the first years of the victory of the revolution, and all agents have tried to increase the number of pilgrims this year by maintaining quality, and fewer agents. be sent to Hajj.

Hojjat al-Islam Navvab, while appreciating the efforts of Mr. Seyed Sadeq Hosseini, the former head of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, and Seyed Abbas Hosseini, the new head of this organization, and all the servants of the Hajj and Pilgrimage field, to provide the basis for the pilgrims' journey in the upcoming Hajj, stressed the need to formulate activities for the use of future generations, and said that the Supreme Leader's representative office is preparing the oral history of Hajj.

At the end of his speech, the representative of the religious leader in matters of Hajj and Pilgrimage praised the applicants for the Hajj tour who declare their readiness by registering in the caravans and said Hajj journey is considered as the journey of life and for all the people is memorable and executive and cultural servants are working day and night to serve the divine guests, and as a servant, I welcome you while recommending to make more preparations for the trip.

It should be noted that the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization has announced that if there is an empty capacity, the rest of the pilgrims will be filled from the next priorities.