As Iranians gathered in Tehran to mourn their slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, two faces in the crowd were very familiar to Pakistanis. Vloggers Hamza Bhatti and Taimoor Salahuddin — known popularly as Mooroo — were present at the funeral. They said they were invited by the Iranian government.
Bhatti posted pictures of himself and Salahuddin at the Islamabad airport on Friday with the caption saying they were “deeply honored to have been invited to Iran as State Guests to attend the funeral of Ayatollah Khamenei”.
He called it a “privilege” to be able to represent Pakistan at such an important occasion and said he did not take that responsibility lightly.
On Sunday, Salahuddin posted a video from the Grand Mosalla in Tehran where Khamenei’s funeral was taking place with a monologue explaining what it felt like to be there.
He said he was there not to stand with or against someone, but to observe. “What I saw was not a show of strength, it was this nation’s grief — the true grief of losing its leader,” he said.
