High-ranking Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials including the deputy prime minister, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund, and foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, attended the late Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi'sfuneral in Tehran on Wednesday.During his visit, the deputy prime minister will meet with Iranian government officials and the family of the late president in order to extend condolences on behalf of the Afghan people, Baradar'soffice said in a statement.According to the statement, Muttaqi accompanied Baradar.Iran'ssupreme leader presided over a funeral Wednesday for the country'slate president, foreign minister and others killed in Sunday'shelicopter crash.Tens of thousands of people later followed a procession of their caskets through the capital, Tehran.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei held the service at Tehran University, the caskets of the dead draped in Iranian flags with their pictures on them.In attendance were top leaders of Iran'sparamilitary Revolutionary Guard, one of the country'smajor power centers, Associated Press reported.Also on hand was Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas.Also expected to attend services in Tehran were Pakistan'sPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Iraq'sPrime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani along with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.Even Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry traveled to Tehran, despite diplomatic relations between the countries being severed after the 1979 revolution.
Egypt and Iran have recently discussed reestablishing ties.Raisi, 63, had been discussed as a possible successor for Iran'ssupreme leader, the 85-year-old Khamenei.
The only other person suggested was Khamenei's55-year-old son, Mojtaba.However, concerns have been raised over the position going to a family member, particularly after the revolution overthrew the hereditary Pahlavi monarchy of the shah.The post Islamic Emirate officials attend president Raisi'sfuneral in Tehran first appeared on Ariana News.