The government spokesman said one million Muslims will head to Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage this year, adding that Iran’s share accounts for over 5% of that figure.
Bahadori Jahromi added that Iranian authorities are trying to bring down the costs for the pilgrims as much as they can.
Saudi Arabia allowed only a few thousand local pilgrims to perform the Hajj over the past two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.
This year, it has said that it will allow one million people – from inside and outside the kingdom take part providing they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
This year’s Hajj will commence from the evening of Thursday, 7th of July and will continue till the evening of 12th of July.
