Iran ceremony to honour suicide bombers

ImageTehran, Iran, Oct. 29 – The Headquarters for Commemoration of Martyrs of Global Islamic Movement, a government-organised body in Iran, will hold a memorial ceremony in Tehran on Sunday to honour suicide bombers, a hard-line daily announced on Saturday.

The daily Kayhan, close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the meeting will be held in one of the Iranian capital’s main meeting venues, the Seyyed-ol-Shohada Hall. The event is being organised jointly with the office of Islamic Jihad of Palestine in Tehran and the Martyrs Foundation, a state-owned institution.

“Volunteers for martyrdom-seeking [suicide] operations will be enlisted in the meeting”, the daily reported.