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Tehran, July 3 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita and Bihar Governor Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retired), paid their tributes representing India at the funeral ceremony of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in Tehran.”Governor of Bihar Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain and I represented India at the funeral ceremony for Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, former Supreme Leader of Iran, in Tehran. Conveyed our respects on behalf …

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…

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…

Kabul, Dec 25 (IANS) Several Afghan leaders have severely condemned the killing of former Afghanistan police commander General Ikramuddin Saree who was shot dead near his residence in Tehran, the capital of Iran, on Wednesday evening. Afghan media on Thursday reported that no individual or group has claimed responsibility for the killing so far and the Iranian authorities too have not yet released details of any investigation.”Relatives said Saree was critically wounded in the shooting and died …