Iran’s Khamenei funeral: Which world leaders are attending?

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Several heads of authorities and different authorities officials volition stitchery successful Tehran for Khamenei’s authorities funeral.

Representatives from much than 100 countries are expected to be the funeral of erstwhile Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, which starts connected Friday, according to Iranian state-linked quality broadcaster IRIB.

Khamenei was killed aged 86 successful a associated United States-Israeli aerial onslaught connected his compound connected February 28, the archetypal time of the US-Israel warfare connected Iran.

We instrumentality a look astatine immoderate of the large countries and representatives expected to enactment successful the ceremony.

What bash we cognize astir the commemoration itself?

While Khamenei’s burial was initially scheduled for March, it was delayed arsenic the warfare connected Iran dragged on.

The commemoration volition statesman successful Tehran connected Friday, and ceremonial ceremonies and processions volition tally for 7 days, with spiritual rites planned successful cities crossed Iran and Iraq.

The lawsuit connected Friday is the 1 astir overseas leaders volition attend.

On Saturday and Sunday, nationalist ceremonies volition instrumentality spot successful Tehran. The coffin of Khamenei alongside respective of his household members volition beryllium placed successful the Grand Mosalla, 1 of Iran’s largest supplication complexes, for nationalist viewing.

On Monday and Tuesday, the ceremonial processions volition determination southwards towards the Iranian metropolis of Qom. On Wednesday, an authoritative reception volition beryllium held astatine Najaf International Airport successful Iraq, followed by nationalist processions successful the Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala, according to Iranian and Iraqi leaders.

The assemblage volition past instrumentality to Iran for the last burial ceremonial astatine the shrine of Imam Reza successful the northeastern metropolis of Mashhad connected Friday. Mashhad is besides wherever Khamenei was born.

Which countries are sending heads of authorities oregon government?

• Pakistan: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif volition be the authorities ceremonial of Iran’s erstwhile Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said connected Thursday. Pakistan has played a cardinal relation successful mediating betwixt the US and Iran, helping unafraid the ceasefire successful April and a memorandum of knowing successful June that is present serving arsenic the ground for broader negotiations aimed astatine ending the war.
• Tajikistan: President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon volition besides be the funeral.
• Armenia: Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan volition correspond his state astatine the commemoration.
• Georgia: Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili volition besides be the commemoration, the state has confirmed.

Which countries are sending different elder authorities leaders?

• Turkiye: Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz volition be Khamenei’s funeral, Ankara has confirmed.
• India: India said connected Thursday that its lawman overseas curate and a authorities politician would correspond the state astatine the authorities ceremonial of Iran’s erstwhile Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Governor of Bihar, Syed Ata Hasnain, and Deputy Foreign Minister Pabitra Margherita volition sojourn Iran connected Friday, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said successful a statement. Hasnain, a erstwhile lieutenant wide successful the Indian Army, is the seniormost Shia holding a nationalist bureau successful India. Indian absorption leaders Salman Khurshid — a erstwhile overseas curate — and Mehbooba Mufti are besides portion of the country’s delegation.
• China: Senior Chinese lawmaker He Wei volition be the ceremonial of precocious Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei successful Tehran, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced connected Thursday. He is simply a vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s parliament.
• Russia: Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev volition be the ceremonial connected Friday, the Kremlin confirmed connected Thursday. Medvedev is simply a erstwhile Russian president and premier minister.
• Afghanistan: The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the Taliban government’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi had travelled to Tehran connected Thursday to be the authorities funeral. Afghan media reported that Abdul Ghani Baradar, the archetypal lawman premier curate for economical affairs, would besides be the authorities funeral.
• Bangladesh: Bangladesh’s Parliament Speaker Hafizuddin Ahmed is scheduled to be the authorities ceremonial successful Tehran, according to Bangladeshi media citing authoritative notifications.

What other bash we cognize astir the ceremonial proceedings?

The proceedings volition people 1 of the largest nationalist funerals successful modern history, its standard and size expected to surpass the 1989 ceremonial of erstwhile Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, which drew astir 10 cardinal mourners.

Iran’s existent ultimate person and lad of Khamenei, Mojtaba Khamanei, volition not beryllium attending the funeral, his typical to India said connected Thursday. This is owed to information reasons pursuing Israel’s latest menace to assassinate Mojtaba Khamenei.

An Iranian subject commandant warned the US and Israel connected Thursday against immoderate onslaught connected Iran arsenic it prepares for the authorities ceremonial of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed successful aerial strikes connected the archetypal time of the war.

“We pass the enemies of Iran, particularly the U.S. and the Zionist authorities (Israel), to debar immoderate miscalculation and to deliberation astir the harsh retaliation our equipped forces would marque to immoderate menace and aggression against our country,” Ali Abdollahi, commandant of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said successful a connection carried by authorities media.