New director of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization inaugurated

TEHRAN, May 29 (MNA) – A ceremony was held in Tehran on Monday to inaugurate new director of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi, and bid farewell to former director Ali Layali. Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Mohammad Hosseini had recently issued a decree appointing Mousavi as deputy culture minister and director of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization.