Pakistan PM Sharif to attend funeral of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will attend the state ⁠funeral ⁠of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Pakistan’s ⁠foreign ministry said on Thursday.

The 86-year old cleric, a fierce critic of Washington, ruled Iran for 36 years ⁠before ⁠he was killed on the first day of the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran on February 28.

His ⁠funeral will begin in Tehran on July 4 and conclude with his burial on ⁠July ‌9 ‌in his ⁠hometown ‌of the northeastern holy city of ⁠Mashad.