Tehran - The body of General Seyyed Razi Mousavi arrived at Najaf Ashraf International Airport on Wednesday evening, marking the commencement of his final journey. 

His casket was solemnly carried to the shrine of Hazrat Ruqiya, where a ceremony was held to honor his life and contributions. 

He was a close companion of General Qassem Soleimani, the late commander of the IRGC Quds force.

In the early hours of Monday, General Seyed Razi Mousavi was tragically killed in an Israeli airstrike in the residential neighborhood of the Zeinabiyah district in the suburbs of Damascus.