Shafaq News-Tehran
Iraqi PresidentNizar Amedi and Parliament Speaker Haibet al-Halbousi arrived in Tehran onFriday alongside senior government figures to attend the funeral ceremonies ofIranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Falehal-Fayyadh, head of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) —an umbrella ofpredominantly Shiite armed factions operating under nominal Iraqi stateauthority— also traveled to the Iranian capital, accompanied by several parliamentaryand political bloc leaders.
KurdistanRegion President Nechirvan Barzani had arrived earlier Friday following aformal invitation from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Ayatollah Khameneiwas killed in joint US-Israeli airstrikes in late February. Funeral ceremoniesare scheduled between July 4 and 9.