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Urgent: Iranian leader criticizes Saudi "inaction" over injured pilgrims

Xinhua, September 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday lashed out at the Saudi Arabian officials' "inaction" in relation to the injured people during the latest Hajj ceremony in the Arab state, which led to the mass death of the pilgrims.

"Saudi Arabia did not implement its obligations in relation to the desperate injured pilgrims in the (Hajj) incident," Khamenei was quoted as saying by the state IRIB TV. Endit