ALBAWABA - Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif announced that he will be attending the funeral of the late supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, in Iran, AFP reported Thursday.
Pakistan said that Sharif will be heading to Tehran to attend Khamenei's funeral. The ceremony for the former supreme leader will be held across Iran from July 4 to July 9.
Funeral and burial ceremonies are scheduled to take place from Friday, July 4th to Thursday, July 9th in the Iranian cities of Tehran, Qom, and Mashhad, in addition to memorial services in Karbala and Najaf in Iraq.
Ali Khamenei, the former supreme leader of Iran, was killed on the first day of war on Feb. 28, 2026, when the United States and Israel launched a preemptive attack on Tehran, killing Iranian officials and military leaders in addition to targeting and destroying major infrastructure and nuclear sites in Tehran.
The head of the organization, Abuzar Shiroudi, said that Mehrabad Airport in central Tehran would be completely closed starting Friday morning, with the exception of diplomatic and political flights. Operations at Imam Khomeini International Airport would continue without restrictions.
