TEHRAN – A supplementary service ceremony was held in Tehran on Friday for the late wife of Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani.
The event was attended by many mourners, including senior officials, namely First Vice President Mohammadreza Alev, Chief National Security Council secretary Ali Larijani and Foreign Minister Abbas Arakich.
She passed away last Sunday after enduring her period of illness.
Her funeral was held on Monday, and her body was buried in a mosque with Sheikh Ts in Najaf city, Iraq.
After her death, high-ranking political authorities from Iraq and other countries, leader of the Iraqi Revolution, Ayatollah Seiyed Ali Khamenei, president of Iran, the chairman of the Congress and seminary scholars, issued separate statements expressing sadness to Ayatollah Sistani and his family against the loss.