Srinagar, July 2 -- Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti will travel to Iran to attend the funeral of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a joint US-Israel air strike on February 28.
On Thursday afternoon, she left for New Delhi from Srinagar where she will board a plane for Tehran, a party leader said.
According to an official invitation issued by the International Relations Department of the Office of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mehbooba has been invited as a distinguished guest from India to participate in the state funeral ceremonies in Tehran.
"In light of the profound historical and strategic ties that bind the Islamic Republic of Iran and the...