Hawzah News Agency (Qom, Iran) – In a meeting with Hujjat al-Islam Sayyed Muhammad Kadhim Modarresi, Vice chairman of the council of Yazd Seminary, Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani, a senior Shia cleric underscored holding a dignified Hajj pilgrimage by Iranians asserting, "Hajj rituals must be held with dignity and according to Islamic teachings."

The Shia source of emulation urged more attention to fundamental Islamic teachings in the seminaries and added, "We must strengthen the scientific foundations of our Islamic seminaries and establish new specialized fields; during all these steps we must observe Islamic moralities."