New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Bihar Governor Lieutenant General (Retired) Syed Ata Hasnain and Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita will visit Iran on Friday to attend the funeral ceremony of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday. Khamenei was killed in an epochal attack by the US and Israel on February 28, marking an inflexion point in the 46-year Shia-theocratic rule. His son, Mojtaba Khamenei, was selected as Iran’s new Supreme Leader in Ma…
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Srinagar, July 2 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and president of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Thursday that she will travel to Tehran to attend the funeral of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on the invitation extended to her by the Iranian government.Mehbooba Mufti intends to travel to Iran to pay final tributes to the country’s slain supreme leader, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, after receiving an official invitation to a…
Tehran, June 14 (IANS) The funeral for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is scheduled to begin here on July 4, Iranian media reported.Farewell ceremonies will be held at Imam Khomeini’s Mosalla prayer hall in Tehran on July 4-5, followed by funeral processions in the capital and the central city of Qom on July 6-7, read a statement released by the headquarters responsible for Khamenei’s commemoration, which was carried by Iranian media.According to the statement, the final funeral ceremony…
Tehran, April 30 (IANS) Tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets in mass rallies across the country to pledge allegiance to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and demonstrate national unity. The rallies, held concurrently in different cities on the birthday anniversary of the eighth Imam of Shiite Muslims Imam Reza, ran from 16:00 local time (1230 GMT) to 21:00 on Wednesday.In the capital Tehran, people marched from Imam Hossein Square to Azadi Square, waving Iranian flags and holding pict…