In the event that took place on Monday morning with the Custodian of Imam Khomeini’s Mausoleum Hojatoleslam val-Moslemin Seyyed Hassan Khomeini taking part, President Hassan Rouhani paid tribute to the Late Founder of the Islamic Revolution by placing a bouquet of flowers on his grave.
The visit comes on the occasion of the 42nd anniversary of the return of Imam Khomeini from exile, which mark the run-up to the victory of the Islamic Revolution and the toppling of the US-backed Pahlavi regime.
President Rouhani is delivering a speech, the details of which will be published later.
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