Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the state funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on July 4. The invitation comes as Iran prepares for a major state ceremony amid ongoing regional tensions

According to the statement, the final funeral ceremony will be held in the northeastern city of Mashhad on July 9, following which the late leader will be laid to rest at the holy shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth Imam of Shiite Muslims, in the same city and on the same day