Saurabh Verma Congress leader Salman Khurshid has confirmed that he will attend the state funeral ceremony of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in Iran. “I am representing the party and will attend the state funeral ceremony of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei,” he said. Iran has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and BJP chief Nitin Nabin, among others, for the burial ceremonies for Iran's late Supreme Leader.