Hojjat al-Islam Navvab emphasis in a meeting with the officials of Supreme Leader Representation offices;
necessity of innovation and dynamism in the processes of Hajj and pilgrimage

According to the Hajj information base, Hojjat al-Islam Seyed Abdoalfattah Navvab, who spoke on Sunday (Ordibehesht 2) at the meeting of the officials of provincial and regional offices of the Supreme Leader's Mission in Qom, reminded the importance of sincerity in work and stated: the feature is more important especially in the activities of employees related to the Hajj and Pilgrimage, because they are in connection with the people, the same pilgrims who have collected sums of money to pay for pilgrimage trips in various ways, including selling property, equipment and getting loans.

Stating that if we think like 10 years ago, we would be lagged behind today's society, he said one of the things that should be done in activities related to pilgrimage caravans is innovation, dynamism and optimization of the processes and facilitating matters related to Hajj and pilgrimage and cultural deputy of Supreme Leader Delegation Office will encourage and appreciate provinces that have innovative plans.

Emphasizing on pathology in the processes, Supreme Leader's representative in Hajj and Pilgrimage affairs added: the percentage of servants to the pilgrims in the upcoming Hajj has decreased again compared to previous years, the number of clerics in caravans has also decreased, so we must think of a plan so that there is no deficiency in providing services to pilgrims.

Emphasizing that we should all accept that we are servants of pilgrims and should not look down on them, he said: identifying the needs and planning for the provision of clerics for the caravans from the province itself is one of the necessary tasks that provincial officials should follow up.

Updating the clerics and choosing new clerics for Umrah trips in view of the 9-year closure and providing a permanent assistant force were among the other recommendations of Navvab. He also continued: today, you and I are responsible and obliged to maintain and optimize this framework.

In the continuation of this conference, chairman of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Mr. Seyyed Abbas Hosseini explained the process of beginning Umrah operation after a several-year hiatus.

Stating that Hajj and pilgrimage organization and Supreme Leader Delegation Office are working together to carry out the upcoming Hajj operation in the best possible way, he added: 21 flight stations are in charge of transporting pilgrims to the land of revelation.

In the continuation of this meeting, provincial officials mentioned their points and suggestions such as speeding up the announcement of the names of cultural servants of caravans, increasing the capacity of some provinces such as Qom and Razavi Khorasan, the possibility of renting airplanes from friendly countries, taking care of the activities more Pilgrimage and tourism offices and more attention to couple caravans.