ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN POST on 21 July 1988 issued a First Day Cover with two stamps in memoriam of Hajj pilgrims 'massacred' in 1987.
On 31 July 1987, during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, a clash between Shia pilgrim demonstrators and the Saudi Arabian security forces resulted in the death of more than 400 people. The event has been variously described as a "riot" (Saudi Arabia account) or a "massacre" (Iranian account).
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