The official said no time can be yet named when Iranian pilgrims will start being dispatched.
On December 29, Iranian Haj and Pilgrimage chief Said Owhadi and Syrian Ambassador to Tehran Adnan Mahmoud discussed the issue in a meeting in Tehran.
Owhadi had signed an MoU with Syrian officials about resuming pilgrimage to Syria back in October.
Iran stopped sending pilgrims by land to Syria in early 2012 after a number of Iranian pilgrims were kidnapped on their way there.
According to Iranian media, some of the kidnapped pilgrims were retired IRGC members.
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