Iran announces funeral, burial dates for late Supreme Leader Khamenei
Key takeaways
- Funeral ceremonies will take place in Tehran and Qom before a burial in his hometown of Mashhad.
- The burial, initially scheduled for March but postponed as the US and Israeli war with Iran dragged on, will follow three days of funeral ceremonies in Tehran from July 4 and another in the holy city of Qom on July 7.
- Khamenei, 86, was killed in a joint US-Israeli air strike on his compound in February.
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Funeral ceremonies will take place in Tehran and Qom before a burial in his hometown of Mashhad.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo People gather near a banner with images of Iran's late leader of the Islamic revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L), Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) and Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in southern Tehran, Iran [File: Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Published On 13 Jun 202613 Jun 2026The funeral of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will begin in Tehran on July 4, and he will be buried in his home town of Mashhad on July 9, according to state media.
The burial, initially scheduled for March but postponed as the US and Israeli war with Iran dragged on, will follow three days of funeral ceremonies in Tehran from July 4 and another in the holy city of Qom on July 7.