PM attends memorial ceremony of late Iran president Raisi in Tehran

• PM visits Tehran to extend condolences on late president's death.
• Shehbaz Sharif pays rich tribute to late president Raisi. 
• PM Shehbaz calls on Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei.
  

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attended the memorial ceremony held in the honour of late Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a helicopter crash last Sunday.

The PM arrived in Tehran on Wednesday on a daylong visit to offer condolences to the Iranian leadership on the tragic death of Raisi and other senior officials.

On his arrival at the Tehran International Airport, the prime minister was received by Iranian Minister for Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash.

According to an official statement, PM Shehbaz offered condolences to caretaker Iranian President Mohammad Mokhber at commemoration ceremony.

He paid rich tribute to late president Raisi for development and prosperity of the Iranian people, promotion of Pak-Iran relations and services to the region.

The PM expressed his condolences on behalf of the government and people of Pakistan to the acting President of Iran.

He said the Government and people of Pakistan are deeply shocked by the news of the martyrdom of President Raisi and his entourage in a tragic accident.

The prime minister said the entire Pakistani nation stands with Iran in this hour of grief and our sympathies are with the families of the martyrs and the Iranian people.

He said the late Iranian president was a great friend of Pakistan and moments he spent with the Pakistani people during his visit to Pakistan last month will always be remembered.

The PM also expressed his best wishes for the interim Iranian President Mokhber.

During the ceremony, the prime minister also visited the hall where mortal remains of the late Iranian President were kept and prayed for high ranks of late Raisi.

Later, the premier also called on Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Imam Khamenei.

Earlier today, Supreme Leader Khamenei led funeral prayers of late president with tens of thousands of mourners thronging streets at the funeral in Tehran, which will move to the cleric's eastern home city of Mashhad for burial on Thursday.