Chairman of the National Assembly Sahiba Gafarova attended the farewell ceremony of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
Medianews.az reports that information was provided by the Press and Public Relations Department of the National Assembly.
It was stated that the Azerbaijani delegation led by S. Gafarova traveled to this country on July 3 to participate in the farewell ceremony of the former Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
At Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport, the delegation was welcomed by Ali Nikzad, Deputy Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Iran Ali Alizadeh, and protocol staff.
Then, the Azerbaijani delegation, headed by S. Gafarova, participated in the farewell ceremony held at the Mosallah complex in Tehran.
At the event, the Chairman of the National Assembly met with President Masoud Pezeshkian of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and other officials, conveyed condolences on behalf of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, and expressed the deep sorrow and respect of the Azerbaijani people to the Iranian people.
It should be noted that the Azerbaijani delegation includes Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Ziyafat Asgarov, Deputy Foreign Minister Samir Sharifov, Prime Minister of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Jabbar Musayev, and other officials.
