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News ID: 28342
Publish Date : 29 June 2016 - 22:05

1.5 Million Iranian Pilgrims to Visit Iraq


 TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The number of Iranians going on pilgrimage to Iraq’s holy cities during the current Iranian year (which started March 20) is planned to reach 1.5 million a senior official at Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization announced.
Mohsen Nezafati said the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization dispatched 600,000 pilgrims to Iraq over the past year, adding that it plans to double the capacity or even more. "Increasing the number of dispatched pilgrims to Iraq’s holy cities to 1.5 million is among the objectives of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization this year,” he said.