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[[File:Hojjaj 66.jpg|240px|thumbnail|right|Hajj pilgrims' massacre of 1987]] | [[File:Hojjaj 66.jpg|240px|thumbnail|right|Hajj pilgrims' massacre of 1987]] | ||
'''The 1987 | '''The 1987 Mecca incident''' (Arabic: {{ia|حادثة مکة}}) refers to the massacre of hajj [[pilgrims]] in [[Mecca]] by [[Saudi Arabian]] forces. The massacre took place on days of [[hajj al-tamattu']] in 1987 during the demonstrations known as "[[Dissociation from the Polytheists]]." According to a statement by the Foreign Ministry of the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]], in this event 325 Iranians, mostly women, were killed. Moreover, according to a statement by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Interior, forty five pilgrims from other countries were also killed. The event led to a strong reaction by Iranian officials, including [[Imam Khomeini]], and in its consequence, political ties between the two countries were severed and the dispatching of Iranian hajj pilgrims to Arabia was halted. | ||
== | ==Massacre of Hajj Pilgrims== | ||
On July 31, 1987, coincident with [[Dhu l-Hajja]] 6, 1407, during the demonstrations of Dissociation from the Polytheists on days of hajj, the Arabian police attacked the demonstrators, and according to reports by media in Islamic Republic of Iran, they threw stones and bricks to hajj pilgrims from roofs of buildings surrounding the path of the demonstrators. After that, the Saudi police targeted hajj pilgrims with poison gasses and guns. | On July 31, 1987, coincident with [[Dhu l-Hajja]] 6, 1407, during the demonstrations of Dissociation from the Polytheists on days of hajj, the Arabian police attacked the demonstrators, and according to reports by media in Islamic Republic of Iran, they threw stones and bricks to hajj pilgrims from roofs of buildings surrounding the path of the demonstrators. After that, the Saudi police targeted hajj pilgrims with poison gasses and guns. | ||
In his diaries, Ezzatullah Sahabi points out the complicity of [[People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran]] (MEK) in the event. | In his diaries, Ezzatullah Sahabi points out the complicity of [[People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran]] (MEK) in the event. | ||
The event is deemed the biggest | The event is deemed the biggest massacre of hajj pilgrims during hajj rituals in the contemporary history. It is also known as the Bloody Friday. | ||
==Casualties== | ==Casualties== | ||
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"If we ignore the issue of [[al-Quds]], if we forgive [[Saddam]], if we forgive everyone who did wrong to us, we cannot forgive the [[Hijaz]] incident. The Hijaz incident is something else." | "If we ignore the issue of [[al-Quds]], if we forgive [[Saddam]], if we forgive everyone who did wrong to us, we cannot forgive the [[Hijaz]] incident. The Hijaz incident is something else." | ||
In protests against the | In protests against the massacre of Iranian hajj pilgrims, the Saudi Arabian Embassy in [[Tehran]] was attacked and one of its agents was killed. After the event, ties between Iran and Arabia were severed, and Iranian hajj pilgrims were not dispatched to Arabia for four years. Moreover, the supervisor of Iranian hajj pilgrims, Mahdi Karroubi, was expelled from Saudi Arabia. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||