Leader offers funeral prayer for late Ayatollah Shahroudi

Tehran, Dec 26, IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday performed the funeral prayer for body of late Chairman of Expediency Council Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi in Imam Khomeini Grand Mosala in Tehran. Several high-ranking Iranian officials including President Hassan Rouhani, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani, Secretary of the Guardian Council Ahmad Jannati were also attended the ceremony. A huge number of people from all walks of life were also present in the funeral ceremony. Body of late Chairman of Expediency Council will be laid to rest at Masoumeh Shrine in the city of Qom on Wednesday. The mourning ceremony of late Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi is slated to be held in Tehran and Qom on Wednesday morning and evening respectively. Chairman of Expediency Council Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi passed away in Khatam ul-Anbiya Hospital in Tehran late on Monday after a long battle with disease. Shahroudi was born in Najaf, Iraq, in 1948 and had served as a member of the Guardian Council as of 1994. He was also judiciary chief and member of Experts Council. As of 2017, he was chairman of Expediency Council. Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish