Bodies of 90 Mina victims arrive in Tehran
Bodies of 90 Iranian pilgrims killed in Saudi Arabia’s Mina tragedy arrived in Tehran on Tuesday morning.
The flight carrying the bodies of 90 Iranian Hajj pilgrims killed in the recent tragic incident in Mina, near the Saudi city of Mecca, has landed in Tehran.
During two previous flights, bodies of 218 Iranian Hajj pilgrims killed in Mina tragedy have delivered to Tehran.
An official repatriation ceremony was held on Saturday morning, October 3, at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport in the presence of Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani and a number of high-ranking officials.
People around the country have held funeral ceremonies for the victims the bodies were delivered to their hometowns.
The crush occurred on September 24 after two large masses of pilgrims fused together.
Saudi Arabia claims nearly 770 people were killed in the calamity, but officials with Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization has announcd the number to be over 4000 people. 465 Iranians, lost their lives in the tragedy.
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