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Chinese vice chairman He Wei meets Iranian speaker Ghalibaf in Tehran for Khamenei funeral

The Zioneer Intelligence Desk
Chinese vice chairman He Wei meets Iranian speaker Ghalibaf in Tehran for Khamenei funeral

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TL;DR

China's National People's Congress Vice Chairman He Wei met Friday in Tehran with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, according to a single source. He Wei arrived in Iran for the funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

01 · THE DISPATCH

Chinese National People's Congress Vice Chairman He Wei met Friday afternoon in Tehran with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, according to a single source. The Chinese official arrived in Iran to attend mourning ceremonies and the funeral of late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The meeting adds another high-level foreign delegation to the growing list of international figures traveling to Tehran for the funeral events. As The Zioneer reported on Friday morning, Iraqi Parliament Speaker Haibat al-Halbousi also met Ghalibaf in Tehran under similar circumstances, attending Khamenei's funeral as part of a broader pattern of regional diplomatic outreach centered around the mourning period. The substance of the Chinese-Iranian discussions has not yet been disclosed.

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