Iran Prepares Massive Khamenei Funeral, Warns US and Israel Against Any Attack
Officials expect 15 million to 20 million mourners as the funeral procession moves through several cities and foreign delegations attend.
- On Saturday, July 4, 2026, Iran begins a six-day state funeral for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with his body displayed in Tehran before processions across five cities culminate in burial at Mashhad on July 9.
- Delayed by the ongoing war, the funeral honors Khamenei, who led the Islamic Republic for 37 years before his death in a joint US-Israeli airstrike on February 28, the first day of the conflict.
- Authorities have mobilized 2,500 ambulances, 21 helicopters, and thousands of rescue personnel to manage an estimated 15 to 20 million mourners, with officials describing the event as potentially the largest funeral in the country's history.
- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and representatives from around 40 countries are attending the ceremonies to convey condolences, highlighting Tehran's efforts to project regional influence and legitimacy during the ongoing conflict.
- Mystery surrounds Mojtaba Khamenei, the new Supreme Leader appointed in March, who has remained out of public view since being wounded in the February 28 attack that killed his father, fueling questions about his attendance and leadership stability.
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(Tehran=Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Hoon-sang = The funeral of Iran's second Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, will be held for a week starting on the 4th (local time) in the capital Tehran, ...
Preparations for lavish Khamenei funeral underway in Iran
Iran is preparing for a lavish six-day funeral to honor deceased former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with militant and authoritarian allies descending on the capital of Tehran for a spectacle designed to project the regime’s strength despite war, economic turmoil, and uncertainty over its future. The ceremonies begin Saturday, more than four months after Khamenei was killed in the opening wave of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Feb. 28.…
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At the funeral of the Iranian Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei, killed in the war raid by the U.S. and Israel on 28 February, will also participate a Shiite who lived in Italy for twenty years who spoke with the AdnKronos. It is the hojjatoleslam (in the Shiite current, lower grade only than that of the Ayatollah) Mostafa Milani Amin. "I will participate in the funerals, God willing, with great recollection - he says in the interview - With the martyr…
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