Saudi Arabia Hajj Disaster Death Toll At Least 2,121

Iranian woman grieving as she awaits news of loved ones; Iran leads all the affected countries, saying it had 465 pilgrims killed.

The crush and stampede that struck the hajj last month in Saudi Arabia killed at least 2,121 pilgrims, a new Associated Press tally showed Monday, after officials in the kingdom met to discuss the tragedy. The toll keeps rising from the Sept. 24 disaster outside Mecca as individual countries identify bodies and work to determine the whereabouts of hundreds of pilgrims still missing. The official Saudi toll of 769 people killed and 934 injured has not changed since Sept. 26, and officials have yet to address the discrepancy.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdul Aziz, who is also the kingdom's interior minister, oversaw a meeting late Sunday about the disaster in Mina, according to the official Saudi Press Agency. The agency's report did not mention any official response to the rising death toll.

SAUDI HAJJ STAMPEDE: New Tally Shows At Least 1,621 Killed In Hajj Tragedy

An Iranian mourner weeps during a funeral ceremony, attended by thousands of mourners, for some of the pilgrims who were killed in a stampede during the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia last month. (AP)

A new tally shows at least 1,621 pilgrims were killed in last month's crush and stampede during the hajj in Saudi Arabia. The latest count is based on totals provided by officials and state media in 19 of the more than 180 countries that sent pilgrims.

The total is more than double Saudi Arabia's official tally of 769 killed and 934 injured in the September 24 disaster in Mina, a few miles from the holy city of Mecca.

Saudi officials previously have said their tally remains accurate, although an investigation into the causes of the tragedy is ongoing. They have not updated their casualty toll since September 26.

The previous deadliest-ever incident at the hajj happened in 1990, when a stampede killed 1,426 people.