IRAN - TEHRAN - HAJJ STAMPEDE - FUNERAL Stock Image

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IRAN, Tehran: Family and friends gather at the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery on October 4, 2015 to say their final farewells to loved ones lost in the Mena tragedy. A total of 465 Iranian pilgrims lost their lives in the large stampede of people at the Hajj rituals on September 24, 2015. The pilgrims were on their way to participate in the symbolic stoning of the Satan in the Mena neighbourhood of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

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