TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Despite the lack of diplomatic ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia, around 85,000 Iranian pilgrims are going to make the Hajj pilgrimage this year, an Iranian official said on Saturday.
While Iran and Saudi Arabia have no diplomatic relations, they have agreed to deal with the issue of Hajj regardless of political differences, representative of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Hajj and pilgrimage affairs Ali Qazi-Askar said. According to the official, some 85,000 Iranian will go to Hajj after the Saudis undertook to respect them.