Iran to bury slain Supreme Leader in culmination of mass funeral
The funeral follows a week of processions across Iran and Iraq and comes as new U.S. strikes threaten to widen the conflict, officials said.
- On Thursday, mourners gathered in Mashhad to bury Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the Imam Reza shrine, concluding six days of public mourning ceremonies held across Iran and Iraq.
- Khamenei, who held power for 37 years, died during an Israeli strike on his Tehran residence on February 28, the first day of the ongoing US-Israeli war against Iran.
- Renewed hostilities marred the funeral as President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday the memorandum of understanding is now "over," warning attacks could get "much worse."
- The Revolutionary Guards accused the US of bombing two railway bridges between Tehran and Mashhad overnight "in an effort to overshadow" the funeral, escalating regional tensions.
- Observers noted the absence of Khamenei's son and successor, Mojtaba Khamenei, who remains unseen since reportedly suffering injuries in the same February attack that killed his father.
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Khamenei's flag-covered coffin was carried aloft into the shrine of Imam Reza in his home city of Mashhad in eastern Iran as a sea of people waited outside and listened to prayers, with no sign of a public appearance by his son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei.
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Iran has concluded a seven-day state funeral for its late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with authorities claiming that more than 15 million mourners participated in ceremonies held across Iran and Iraq. Khamenei, who led Iran for nearly 37 years, was laid to rest in his hometown of Mashhad, bringing to an end one of the largest funeral processions in the country's modern history. The funeral began last Saturday and passed through severa…
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On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Iran accused the US on Thursday of striking railway bridges en route to the holy city where the slain supreme leader was buried as a fragile truce between the two countries unravelled. Huge crowds gathered as the former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was …
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avisendanmark.dkIran's late former supreme leader was killed in February. According to Iranian state media, he has now been buried.
For almost a week the state-organized funerals for the killed Iranian head of state Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lasted. The country steers into a politically uncertain future.
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