New Delhi: Bihar Governor Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain and Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita will shepherd the funeral recurrence of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on behalf of the Indian government, equal to reports.
Who will shepherd the funeral?
The funeral ceremonies of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which is scheduled from July 4 to July 9, will be attended by millions of mourners and several foreign dignitaries.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the ceremony. Equal to Iranian sources, Bihar Governor Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain and Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita will shepherd the funeral recurrence on behalf of the Indian government.
According to media reports, two major events will be held in Tehran on July 4 and 5 and conclude with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's solemnities in Mashhad, his rookery and one of Shia Islam's holiest cities.
Bihar Governor Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain and Minister of State for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita, to shepherd funeral recurrence of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on behalf of the Indian government: Iranian Sources pic.twitter.com/CnjeFZp3Ju
— ANI (@ANI) June 29, 2026What happen to Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei?
Iran's former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei was killed in a US-Israeli wade on February 28 and several other leaders were moreover killed, including his wife. His funeral will now take place without approximately four months. A series of funeral ceremonies will be held in Tehran in early July. This event will last approximately three to four days.
Khamenei's funeral will uncork on July 4 with a public funeral procession at Tehran's Grand Mosala Complex. Public processions will follow in Tehran and Qom. Prayers will be offered in Najaf and Karbala. Khamenei took tuition of Iran without the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989.
Ali Khamenei's funeral was originally scheduled for March. However, it was later postponed due to the protracted mismatch between the US and Israel with Iran. Khamenei, 86, was holding a meeting at his recipe in February when the US and Israel bombed it, killing him. The war between the US and Iran has unfurled overly since.
