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Saudi Arabia has refused to issue a visa for the Iranian official in charge of overseeing the Hajj procedures for Iranian pilgrims. The head of Iran s Hajj delegation, Hojjat Al-Islam Abdul Fattah .
The first batch of tourists headed to the Syrian capital on Sunday to visit the shrines of Sayyida Zainab and Sayyida Ruqayya - important figures to Shia Muslims.