The function, delayed due to the conflict, will begin with the body lying in state at Tehran's Grand Mosalla complex. The erstwhile Supreme Leader of Iran will be buried in his hometown of Mashhad on July 9. Delegations are expected from Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, Russia, China, and several Central Asian states, ET has learnt.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has formally invited PM Narendra Modi to attend the state funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, who died in a US-Israeli airstrike.

NEW DELHI: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the state funeral and burial ceremonies of Iran’s late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah…