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After the crane crash in Mecca this year which led to the death and injury of hundreds of pilgrims of the House of God, there were numerous speculations about the incident and its causes. At last, the issue was closed by putting the blame on sand storm and the demonstrations were ended. Creating excuses for this managerial scandal had not subsided yet when another bitter incident, on the day of the Eid al-Adha once again put Muslims in mourning suit. But this time again, Saudi officials cited natural factors such as the heat, the large number of the pilgrims, and lack of order among the pilgrims as the main causes counting for the incident in their helpless effort to find excuses. Despite these, historical records indicate that there have been numerous instances of Saudi mismanagement in holding the Hajj ritual. In many such cases, such as the slaughter of Iranian pilgrims in 1988, it is evident that the event has been quite willful.

During the second majlis elections, some 1586 people announced ready to run for seats in the parliament. Out of that number, 1275 people were elected as qualifying by the Guardian Council. But one of the candidates set up an uprising after he was disqualified. Then interior minister hojjatoleslam Nateq Nouri ordered his arrest.

While Iran and the group 5+1 (the US, UK, France, Russia, China, and Germany) have settled between themselves to take steps in the implementation of the JCPOA, there is the worry on either side, Iran in particular, that the other side of the deal is not following up simultaneously.