Ayatollah Shahroudi’s Funeral Attended by People, Officials in Tehran

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A funeral procession for the Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi was attended by a massive turnout, with a large number of Iranian people and government officials paying their last respects to the senior cleric.

The mourning ceremony began on Wednesday morning at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Grand Prayer Grounds [Mosalla], where the Leader of the Islamic Revolution His Eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei performed the funeral prayer.

The heads of the three branches of Iran’s government, namely President Hassan Rouhani, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani, were all present.

Among other participants were government ministers, lawmakers, military top brass as well as members of the Expediency Council and the Assembly of Experts.

After the ceremony in Tehran, Ayatollah Shahroudi’s body of will be transferred to the city of Qom, where he will be laid to rest at Hazrat Masoumeh’s holy shrine later in the day.

Wednesday has been declared a national day of mourning in honor of Ayatollah Shahroudi, who passed away at the age of 70 after months of battling illness on Monday.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team