A first group of Iranian umrah pilgrims consisting of two caravans of 85 people flied to Saudi Arabian city of Medina from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport in the early hours of April 22, 2024. A ceremony was held to mark the resumption of umrah pilgrimage from Iran to Saudi Arabia after some nine years with the presence of Iran’s top pilgrimage official Seyyed Abdolfattah Navvab and the Saudi Ambassador to Tehran Abdullah bin Saud al-Anzi.
