New Delhi, July 1 -- Iran has invited Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Nabin and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to attend the funeral of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Hindustan Times has learnt.

The last rites of Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israel strikes on February 28, will be held next week.

The media house reported earlier that Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita and the Bihar governor Lt Gen (retired) Syed Ata Hasnain are also expected to represent India at Khamenei's funeral programme.

Margherita and Hasnain, one of the few members of the Shia community to currently hold a constitutional position, are expected to participate in the event to be held in Tehran on July 4 ...