PM to attend late Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi’s funeral prayers

TEHRAN: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will leave for Iran today (Wednesday) to attend the funeral prayers of late President Ebrahim Raisi.

President Ebrahim Raisi along with his seven companions including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, lost his life in a helicopter crash on Sunday.

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei will perform the funeral prayers of late President Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and their accompanying local officials at 07:30 am local time at Tehran University main campus. Raisi will be laid to rest in Mashhad on Thursday.

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The prime minister will be accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and other senior ministers of the federal cabinet.

 Prime Minister Shehbaz will call on the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Imam Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and meet Acting President of Iran Dr. Mohammad Mokhber, to convey condolences on behalf of the people and Government of Pakistan.

Prime Minister Shehbaz, after attending the funeral prayer, will leave for the United Arab Emirates (UAE).