Funeral prayer of Iranian President today, PM Shehbaz to attend also

Tehran: The funeral prayers of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and others will be offered in Tehran today, Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif will leave for Iran to attend the funeral prayers.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei will lead the funeral prayers of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian and others in Tehran. Raisi will be laid to rest in Mashhad on Thursday.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will attend the funeral prayers of Iranian President Ebrahim and his colleagues who died in a helicopter crash.

According to media reports, Prime Minister will go to Tehran on a one-day visit to Iran.

It is also reported that the funeral prayer and burial of the Iranian president and his colleagues who died in the helicopter accident will be held in the premises of Imam Ali Raza's mausoleum in Mashhad.

Last day, the funeral prayers of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi and his colleagues were also performed in the city of Qom, Iran.

It is pertinent to note that after the death of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi in a helicopter accident, Vice President Mohammad Mokhbar has taken over the presidential duties. Regular presidential elections will be held in Iran on June 28.