After attending the funeral in Tehran, the Prime Minister is expected to travel to Istanbul for a bilateral visit to Türkiye
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif leaves Islamabad on Friday for a one-day visit to Iran, where he is expected to attend the funeral of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. PHOTO: Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif left Islamabad on Friday for a one-day visit to Iran, where he is expected to attend the funeral of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, who was killed in airstrikes on the first day of the war, according to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
Khamenei’s funeral processions will begin on July 4 in Tehran and end on July 9 with his burial in his hometown of Mashhad, with additional ceremonies planned in Qom and Iraq between these dates.
The Prime Minister is accompanied by National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Party General Secretary Nayyar Hussain Bukhari and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, Prime Minister Shehbaz will extend condolences to the Iranian leadership and the bereaved family on behalf of the government and people of Pakistan, and reaffirm Pakistan’s solidarity with the people of Iran.
After attending the funeral in Tehran, the prime minister is expected to travel to Istanbul for a bilateral visit to Türkiye.
Read: Supreme leader’s body arrives at Tehran religious complex for funeral (state media)
Iran’s ruling clerics are preparing days of mass funeral rites for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as a sign of public dedication to the Islamic Republic. “The body of the martyred leader of the Islamic Revolution arrived at the Great Mosalla of Imam Khomeini,” according to the official Iranian agency. IRNA wrote on Telegram, using the resort’s official name, said earlier today.
Senate President Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani arrived in Tehran earlier today with a high-level delegation to attend the funeral prayers and burial of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, according to PTVwho shared the update on X. Iranian officials welcomed the Pakistani delegation upon its arrival in Tehran.
The death of Khamenei and the succession of his son Mojtaba as Iran’s third supreme leader, in a conflict with his greatest enemies, marks a historic moment in the 47-year history of the Islamic Republic. Mojtaba, dangerously injured in the attack that cost his father his life, has not been seen in a new image since the start of the war.
