A six-member delegation representing Bangladesh’s 11-party alliance, including Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, has departed for Iran to attend the funeral and state ceremonies of the country’s late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei. The delegation left Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday morning on a flight bound for Tehran. The visit was made at the invitation of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s government.

The delegation is led by Jamaat-e-Islami’s Nayeb-e-Ameer Professor Mujibur Rahman MP and includes MPs Md. Nurul Amin, Dr. Md. Keramat Ali, Dr. S. M. Khaliduzzaman, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish MP Sayeeduddin Ahmad Hanjala, and National Citizen Party (NCP) chief coordinator Nasiruddin Patwari. According to the report, Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral will take place in several phases from July 4 to 9.

During the visit, the delegation is scheduled to meet Iranian top leadership and relevant government officials. Jamaat sources expressed hope that the trip will strengthen the longstanding brotherly ties, mutual understanding, and bilateral cooperation between the peoples of Bangladesh and Iran.