New Delhi, July 2 -- Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will travel to Iran on Friday to attend the funeral of the country's late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in US-Israeli strikes in February, the Foreign Office announced on Thursday.

Sharif will be accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, several federal cabinet members and senior government officials during the visit to Tehran.

"The prime minister will convey condolences on behalf of the people and government of Pakistan to the Iranian leadership and the bereaved families while reaffirming solidarity with the brotherly nation in their hour of profound grief," Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said.

He would "hol...