Saudi Arabia on Friday (March 17th) announced that Iranian pilgrims will participate in this year's hajj, AFP reported.
For the first time in nearly three decades, Iran's pilgrims did not attend last year's hajj after Riyadh and Tehran failed to agree on security and logistics.
Tensions remain between the two countries, with Saudi Arabia accusing Iran of fuelling regional conflicts by supporting armed movements in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Bahrain.
But after talks between the two sides, the Iranians will join this year's pilgrimage in September.
"The ministry of hajj and the Iranian organisation have completed all the necessary measures to ensure Iranian pilgrims perform hajj 1438 according to the procedures followed by all Muslim countries," the Saudi Press Agency said, referring to this year in the Islamic calendar.
The hajj ministry said the kingdom, home to Islam's holiest sites, welcomes "all pilgrims from all the different nationalities and backgrounds".
