Arti BaliNew Delhi, June 24 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has extended a formal invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the funeral of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to be held in the first week of July, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday.
"The Iranian President has formally extended an invitation to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, to attend the funeral of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei," sources said. New Delhi was, however, yet to confirm the invite.
The funeral of Khamenei will start on July 4 and end with his burial in the holy city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, which was also his hometown, on July 9.
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