KHAMENEI FUNERAL LIVE | FINAL FAREWELL: Dignitaries Honor Slain Iranian Supreme Leader
TEHRAN — High-ranking international dignitaries, heads of state, and religious leaders have gathered at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran to pay their final
TEHRAN — High-ranking international dignitaries, heads of state, and religious leaders have gathered at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran to pay their final respects and walk past the caskets of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family, who were killed in a devastating joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike on February 28, 2026, during the opening salvo of the 2026 Iran war. Following months in cold storage during the height of the military conflict, Khamenei's coffin has arrived at the grand ceremonial complex under maximum security, marked by concrete blockades, strict permit checks, and heightened military readiness across the capital.
The international memorial service on Friday, July 3, 2026, precedes a massive public farewell scheduled for July 4 and 5, where Iranian authorities expect an unprecedented turnout of 15 to 20 million mourners despite a severe summer heatwave. This historic funeral procession, which will move through Qom, Najaf, and Karbala before a final burial at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad on July 9, takes place against the backdrop of a fragile June 17 memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran to end active hostilities and address regional security, the Strait of Hormuz, and the nuclear file.
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