Governor General Says Tehran is Ready to Hold President Raisi's Funeral, Envoys from Russia and Türkiye are Planned to Attend

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. (Wikimedia Commons/Mehr News Agency/Mayam Kamayab)

JAKARTA - Tehran Governor General Alireza Fakhari said the capital had prepared well to hold a magnificent funeral procession, to say goodbye to the bodies of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials who were martyred in a helicopter crash on May 19 in northwest Iran.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will pray for the bodies of the late president and his entourage at Tehran University on Wednesday morning, Fakhari said.

"After the prayers, the funeral procession for the martyrs was held on the route from Tehran University to Azadi Square," he explained, as reported by IRNA,  May 22.

He further explained that all facilities including security and safety factors during the funeral process had been prepared.

According to him, it was provided to hold extraordinary ceremonies for the late president and other high-ranking officials.

"We will once again show the entire Iranian people, from all walks of life, united to represent national solidarity and pursue the ideals of the Islamic Republic system," he said.

Meanwhile, a number of officials from friendly countries such as Russia, India and Turkey are planned to attend the funeral of the late President Ebrahim Raisi, as quoted by CNN.

Those who will attend include State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin from Russia, Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan from Turkey, Vice President Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar from India, Acting Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Baradar Akhund and Foreign Minister Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi from Afghanistan, to Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dur from Pakistan.