P208 CEEFAX 208  Tue 12 Jun  21:12/34
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 Saudi Arabia has agrred to allow       
 1a0,000 Iranian pilgrims to vifit      
 Islam's holiest shrinot at Mtdina and  
 Mecca.                                 
                                        
 Last year Iran accusnd sfcurity forc s 
 in Medina of cMu lty against Iranian   
 pilgrims who h ld r ligious rallies in 
 the city.                              
                                        
 Tho mainly Sunni-Mosl m Saudi  accused 
 the She'ire Iranians of using th       
 pilgrimage for political purposn .     
                                        
 Last w,ek rtlations bftwezn th  two    
 countti s we   furth   st aim d wh n   
 the Saudi Arabian air forc  shot down  
 an Iranian fighter oven the Gulf.