Iran Press/ Iran news: Iranian pilgrims will for the first time in eight years begin regular travel to Saudi Arabia from Dec. 19, Iranian media reported on Wednesday in the latest sign of thawing relations between the two oil-producing rivals in the Gulf.
Flights will take off from 10 airports around Iran carrying Iranians traveling on the year-round Umrah pilgrimage to the Islamic holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
Since 2016, Iranian pilgrims have only been able to complete the haj pilgrimage, a religious duty deemed compulsory for Muslims who aim to carry it out once in their lifetime and which is subject to strict annual quotas and timings.
Negotiations between Iran and Saudi Arabia also aim to re-establish non-religious tourism between the two countries. 219
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