Dubai: Iran has sent a delegation to Saudi Arabia for talks on Iranians attending Haj, state television reported yesterday, after Tehran boycotted the Muslim pilgrimage last year.
Reza Salehi Amiri, Iran’s Islamic guidance and culture minister, told state television that Tehran was seeking guarantees to ensure the “dignity and safety” of the pilgrims before it agrees for the resumption of its participation in the pilgrimage, which starts this year in late August. The Iranian delegation reached in Saudi at the invitation of Saudi officials, the television said.
