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Ambulanser körde pilgrimer till sjukhus i Mina vid förra årets hajj. (MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH / AFP)

Iranier bojkottar vallfärd till Mecka efter tragedin

Efter förra årets tragedi då hundratals iranier trampades ihjäl under sin pilgrimsvandring till Mecka har ett ordkrig mellan länderna återigen blossat upp. Många iranier kommer att bojkotta årets hajj och anklagar Saudiarabien för att resa hinder och ”blockera vägen till Allah”, skriver TT.
Men enligt Saudiarabien ställer Iran orimliga krav, bland annat ska de ha krävt att få organisera demonstrationer som skulle orsaka kaos under hajj.
– Det är oacceptabelt, säger utrikesministern Adel al-Jubeir.

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Pilgrimstragedin 2015
Wikipedia (en)
On 24 September 2015, a crowd collapse caused the deaths of at least 2,236 pilgrims who were suffocated or crushed during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, Mecca, making it the deadliest Hajj disaster in history. Estimates of the number of dead vary; the Associated Press reported 2,411 dead, while Agence France-Presse reported 2,236 killed. Based on the total of the individual national reports cited in the table below (nationalities of victims), at least 2,431 people died. The official death toll from the government of Saudi Arabia remains unchanged since two days after the event, with 769 reported killed and 934 others injured. The incident happened in Mina at the intersection of streets 204 and 223 leading up to Jamaraat Bridge. The cause of the disaster is disputed. The Mina disaster has inflamed tensions between regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran, which were already raised due to the wider turmoil in the Middle East, such as the Syrian Civil War and Yemeni Civil War. In a press conference held on the day of the incident, Saudi Ministry of Interior spokesman Mansour Al-Turki attempted to address most issues regarding the incident. He said that an investigation was ongoing and that the exact cause of the overcrowding that led to a deadly crush on Mina Street 204 is yet to be ascertained.
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