Senior Chinese lawmaker to attend Khamenei's funeral
Senior Chinese lawmaker to attend Khamenei's funeral
BEIJING, July 2 (Reuters) - Senior Chinese lawmaker He Wei will attend the funeral of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, the Chinese foreign ministry announced on Thursday.
The event He is attending will be on July 3, a ministry spokesperson told a regular press briefing.
He is the vice chairman of China's top lawmaking body, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
Khamenei was killed on the first day of Israeli and U.S. airstrikes against Iran on February 28. His state funeral will begin in Tehran on July 4 and conclude with his burial in his hometown, the northeastern holy city of Mashhad, on July 9, Iranian state media has reported.
(Reporting by Laurie Chen, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
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