Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif will depart for Iran today, Foreign Office Spokesperson.

According to the spokesman of the Foreign Office, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will leave for a visit to Iran today.

According to the statement issued by the spokesperson of the Foreign Office, the Prime Minister will condole the death of the Iranian President, Foreign Minister and other people in the accident. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will also accompany the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Irani will also meet Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and Acting President Dr. Mohammad Mokhbar. The funeral prayers of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi and his colleagues, who died in a helicopter accident, will be performed in Tehran today, according to Iranian media, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. E-janazah will be held in which several heads of state and other world leaders are expected to attend.

Before that, millions of people in Tabriz said goodbye to his body, a knife-wielding squad saluted at Tehran Airport. Attendance was also given at Hazrat Masooma’s shrine in Qom city. Millions of people in all major cities of Iran expressed their great devotion to their leader. Raisi will be cremated in his hometown Mashhad.