The Al-Qods al-Arabi daily, published in London, reported that the hotel owners in Najaf and Karbala condemned the measures by the organization of Hajj and pilgrimage of the Iranian regime for pressuring them.

According to this report, the tourism hotel owners of Najaf and Karbala believe that the organization of Hajj and pilgrimage of the Iranian regime which is an Iranian governmental institution directly intervenes in the affairs of hotels and companies in these two cities.

Saeed Abu Ghanam, a hotel owner in Najaf, said: We are suffering lack of legal institution; they put us under pressure to yield the Iranian regime’s pressures.