Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh met with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday, May 22, shortly after the funeral of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi. The meeting was also attended by other leaders of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). They offered their condolences to Khamenei and mourned the death of President Raisi.

This information was reported by The Times of Israel, citing Khamenei's X (formerly Twitter) handle. The leaders expressed their sorrow for the loss and paid their respects to the bodies of the deceased, including Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahiyan. A special prayer was held afterward.

Numerous representatives from various countries, including those from Hamas, attended the funeral in Tehran for the victims of the helicopter crash. The crash, which occurred on Sunday, May 19, in Zolfa near the Azerbaijan border, claimed the lives of President Raisi, the foreign minister, the governor of East Azerbaijan, and several others. They were returning from the inauguration of a reservoir project in the Azerbaijan border region.