Speaker Hafiz Uddin, Jamaat MPs to attend Khamenei’s funeral in Tehran
The funeral of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will begin in Tehran on 4 July, and he will be buried in his hometown of Mashhad on 9 July
National Parliament Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad and a parliamentary delegation from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami are set to travel to Iran this week to attend the state funeral of the country's late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Hafiz Uddin will leave Dhaka for Iran on 2 July and is expected to arrive in Tehran on 3 July at the invitation of Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, BNP Media Cell Member Shairul Kabir Khan told TBS.
A parliamentary delegation from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will also leave Dhaka on 3 July to attend the funeral prayers, Senior Assistant Secretary of the party's Central Publicity Department Mujibul Alam told UNB.
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The funeral of late Ali Khamenei will begin in Tehran on 4 July, and he will be buried in his hometown of Mashhad on 9 July, according to Iranian state media.
"Hafiz Uddin Ahmad will attend the funeral prayers on behalf of the Government of Bangladesh and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman," Shairul said.
The Jamaat delegation will be led by its Nayeb-e-Ameer and Member of Parliament Prof Mujibur Rahman. Other members include Members of Parliament Md Nurul Amin and Dr Md Keramat Ali, as well as Dr SM Khaliduzzaman.
Khamenei was killed in an airstrike carried out by US and Israeli forces in late February.
Iranian authorities are expecting around two crore people to attend the funeral and burial ceremonies, according to a report by Al Jazeera.
