Over 223,000 have arrived on foot so far;

500,000 Pilgrims Anticipated to Enter Mashhad on foot

According to Hossein Rezaei, the spokesman for the Society Serving Imam Reza Pilgrims Traveling on Foot, the number of pilgrims going to Mashhad on foot for mourning on the anniversary of Imam Reza's martyrdom has reached 223,156 so far.