Iraq held tomorrow's funeral for the death of influential Shiite politician
Sources of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, deldifunto party, told reporters that the remains of AlHakim, died Wednesday of cancer at Tehran depulmon will arrive tomorrow at 08.00 am (0400 GMT) Baghdad International alaeropuerto coming Iran.
After his arrival in Iraq, the body will be transferred to mezquitade Boras in mainly Shiite neighborhood of Kazamiya in northern deBagdad, where a ceremony, and more afternoon will be taken wing Shiite holy city of Najaf, about 160 miles south of lacapital Iraq, where he will be buried.
The Iraqi government today declared three days of national mourning for al-Hakim lamuerte , 56, while in Iran deciudadanos hundreds took to the streets of Tehran to give his last adiosal deceased, who received medical treatment in the Islamic Republic.
cleric has emerged as one of the principal leaders accessing politicosdel Arab country in 2003 to head Supremopara Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, training in 2007 suprimiola word revolution from its name.
Founded in the last eighties, delConsejo armed wing, the Badr Brigade, fought dictadorSadam Hussein's regime from bases in Iran, which fought Iraq in unaguerra that lasted eight years (1980-1988).
Al Hakim became the leader of the Council after elasesinato, 29 August 2003, his brother, ayatolaMohamed Baqer al-Hakim, in a car bombing in Najaf killed quetambien more 58 people.
The brothers had returned to Iraq a few months earlier, a vezproducido the overthrow of Saddam in April 2003 after dosdecadas of exile in Iran.
Apart from directing the Council, Al-Hakim headed the political mayorbloque in Parliament, the United Iraqi Alliance, two days ago replaced by a new group, the Coalition NacionalIraqui. EFE