TEHRAN- Iran’s Islamic Ideology Dissemination Office has announced that a funeral procession for martyred Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh will take place in the Iranian capital Tehran on Thursday morning.

The office of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei also announced that Ayatollah Khamenei would perform prayers over the body of Martyr Haniyeh.

The prayers will be held at the University of Tehran before the march starts towards Azadi Square. 

Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, on Tuesday, July 30.