Riyadh cut its ties with Tehran in early 2016 after violent protests in front of its Iran-based diplomatic missions against the kingdom’s earlier execution of leading Saudi Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. Since then, Iranians have been unable to go on Hajj.
A year earlier, a deadly human crush had occurred during Hajj rituals in Mina, near Mecca, killing thousands of pilgrims, including about four hundred Iranians.
In January, however, Iran said it had been sent an invitation by Saudi Arabia announcing the latter’s willingness to host Iranian pilgrims.
The Iranians going on the pilgrimage this year number 80,596.
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