New Delhi, July 2 -- Jammu and Kashmir's former chief minister and People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti and Congress leader Salman Khurshid are set to travel to Iran on Thursday, July 2, to attend the state funeral of the country's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

According to media reports, the two leaders will depart from New Delhi at 4 pm aboard a special Mahan Air flight arranged by the Iranian government for invited foreign guests.

Mufti travelled from Srinagar to New Delhi earlier in the day to join the delegation. PDP leader Waheed ur Rehman Para told The Indian Express that Tehran had arranged the special aircraft after commercial flights to Iran were suspended.

"Since the flights to Iran are not ...