Given that at least 1,300 pilgrims lost their lives in this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, it’s important for Saudi authorities to learn from Iraqis the art of managing a pilgrimage.

As the Hajj season draws to a close, pilgrims engage in the concluding rituals of their sacred journey.

Over two million Muslims from around the world, including 87,000 Iranians, are now in Mecca to participate in the annual pilgrimage of Hajj.

Nasser Kan'ani has described this year’s Hajj rituals as “a practice of jihad” as well as an opportunity for Muslim nations to reject Israel and its supporter, the United States, amid the occupying regime’s war on Gaza.

Hajj rituals have officially begun with over 2 million Muslims including 87 thousand Iranians gathering on the plain of Arafat.

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As Muslim pilgrims converged at Mount Arafat on Saturday for the most important Hajj ritual, Ayatollah Khamenei’s Hajj message on Gaza resonated with them.