Ayatollah Ali Khamenei funeral journey – WATCH LIVE
Key takeaways
- His body arrived at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla mosque this week, draped in a red flag from the Imam Reza shrine in his hometown of Mashhad, where he is expected to be buried.
- Khamenei led the Islamic Republic for 37 of its 47 years, making him one of the most powerful religious and political figures of the modern Middle East.
- On this solemn occasion, the Prime Minister recalled the lasting contributions of the late Supreme Leader for Islam.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize TEHRAN: Iran has entered a week of mass mourning from July 3, 2026, as funeral processions began across Tehran, Qom, and Mashhad for Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei, the country’s second Supreme Leader, who embraced martyrom on February 28 in Israeli and US strikes at the outset of their war with Iran.
His body arrived at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla mosque this week, draped in a red flag from the Imam Reza shrine in his hometown of Mashhad, where he is expected to be buried.
Khamenei led the Islamic Republic for 37 of its 47 years, making him one of the most powerful religious and political figures of the modern Middle East.