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Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Hafiz Uddin Ahmad left Dhaka on Thursday morning for Iran to attend the funeral prayers of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
According to a press release, the Speaker departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 7:30am for Iran to represent Bangladesh at the funeral.
Ayatollah Khamenei, who was born on April 19, 1939, in Mashhad, died on February 28, 2026, at the age of 86.
Following the 1979 Iranian Islamic Revolution, Khamenei emerged as one of the country’s most influential political and religious figures. He briefly served as Iran’s defence minister in 1980 and later oversaw the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps after the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War.
He subsequently served as President of Iran before being elected Supreme Leader by the Assembly of Experts following the death of Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989.
The Speaker is expected to return to Bangladesh on July 4 after attending the funeral ceremonies.
