{"id":522197,"date":"2026-07-02T19:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/522197\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T19:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:57:15","slug":"leaders-from-pakistan-india-russia-china-to-attend-khamenei-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/522197\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders from Pakistan, India, Russia, China to attend Khamenei funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif<\/a> will attend the funeral of former Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

According to Iran\u2019s state-owned Press TV, a high-level Pakistani delegation will accompany Sharif to the state funeral.<\/p>\n

The funeral is slated for July 4 in Tehran<\/a> and will continue for approximately five days, concluding with the burial in his hometown, the northeastern holy city of Mashhad, on July 9, Iranian state media reported.<\/p>\n

Senior Chinese lawmaker He Wei, vice chairman of China\u2019s top lawmaking body, the Standing Committee of the National People\u2019s \u200cCongress, will also attend the funeral, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev will attend as President Vladimir Putin\u2019s special envoy, Press TV reported.<\/p>\n

India said on Thursday that its deputy foreign minister and a state governor would represent the country at the state funeral<\/a>. Governor of Bihar, Syed Ata Hasnain, and Deputy Foreign Minister Pabitra Margherita will visit Iran on July 3, the Indian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe high-level representation in the ceremony underscores the importance of civilizational ties, including people-to-people connection, between the two countries, providing a robust foundation to political and economic engagements,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf<\/a> told Iranians to \u201crise up\u201d and \u201cdemand revenge\u201d during a speech on Thursday at the funeral.<\/p>\n

\u201cI call on all members of the Iranian people to create a glorious page in the history of Islamic Iran with their impressive presence and to prove once again that the Iranian nation in its great moments stands united and loyal to its alliance,\u201d said Ghalibaf.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe noble and deep-rooted Iranian people are not silent in the face of injustice and arrogance and will not give up on the blood of their leader,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Other world leaders and officials from more than 30 countries, including Tajikistani President Emomali Rahmon, are expected to attend the funeral, Press TV noted.<\/p>\n

The report cited Iranian Deputy Interior Minister Ali Akbar Pourjamshidian as confirming their attendance, as well as the attendance of religious leaders from over 90 countries.<\/p>\n

Reuters contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif will attend the funeral of former Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Pakistan\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[16097,1657,42,207,87,47,43,338,1593,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-522197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-ayatollah-ali-khamenei","tag-china","tag-headlines","tag-india","tag-iran","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-pakistan","tag-russia","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}