TEHRAN -- Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO), in a statement on Tuesday, announced that it will follow up the case of the Saudi pilgrims who died of poisoning in the shrine city of Mashhad.

Prosecuting those who are guilty in the case is top on the agenda, the statement stressed, according to IRNA.

ICHHTO, as one of the Iranian bodies that gives services to the tourists, took due measures to deal with the issue as soon as it was informed of the sad event, the statement said.

Five Saudi children died on Sunday when a group of 33 Saudi pilgrims to Mashhad were hospitalized with poisoning symptoms.

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