Iranian Quranic Martyr of Mina
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Mohsen Hajihassani Kargar was a member of Iran’s Quranic delegation to Hajj who was martyred in a crush of pilgrims two years ago.
He was from the northeastern Iranian holy city of Mashhad.
Artist Vali Shafiei has drawn his portrait on a wall in Mashhad.
On September 24, 2015, thousands of people lost their lives in the crush after Saudi authorities blocked a road in Mina during a ritual, forcing large crowds of pilgrims to collide.
The crush was the deadliest incident in the history of the pilgrimage. Saudi Arabia claims nearly 770 people were killed in the incident, but officials at Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization say about 7,000 people, including over 460 Iranian pilgrims, lost their lives.
