Leader attends memorial service for Mina victims

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday attended a ceremony to commemorate the Iranian pilgrims killed in the Mina crush.

Senior Iranian officials, including President Hassan Rouhani, Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani, Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani, Chairman of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and a number of senior clerics were also present in the ceremony.

The bodies of 218 Iranian victims have so far been returned to the country by two separate flights.