Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says US leaders want Iran to abandon its “new message for the world” when they say the Islamic Republic should behave like a normal nation.

The court ordered the dismissal of the case of the deadly incident in September 2015.

Motivated by Wahhabism, which has dominated Saudi Arabia for decades, the incumbent regime in Riyadh is hell-bent on wiping Muslim heritage from the Hejaz region.

Fifty prisoners in Saudi Arabia have been let out on a temporary release to take part in the annual Hajj pilgrimage on Monday (August 12).

Heavy rains lashed down on Muslim pilgrims from around the world during the second day of the annual hajj pilgrimage.

Egyptian fine artist Mahmoud Reyyad, 32, draws iconic images of Mecca to distribute as free gifts to pilgrims at a hotel on the final day of the Hajj.

Millions of Muslims in Iran and other Muslim countries celebrate the momentous religious occasion of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice).

Muslim pilgrims on Sunday threw stones at pillars representing the devil as part of the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

Political commentator Mohammad Obaid says the Saudi regime does not want pressing issues in Islam to be discussed during the Hajj pilgrimage.

Muslim pilgrims poured onto the plain of Arafat, south-east of Mecca to mark the Day of Arafat during the pilgrimage.