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Mapping Iran’s Ali Khamenei funeral: Where mourners will gather each day
Key takeaways
- Funeral ceremonies and processions for Iran’s late supreme leader will take place between July 3-9 in several cities across Iran and Iraq before his burial in Mashhad.
- The burial, initially scheduled for March, was postponed as the US and Israeli war with Iran dragged on.
- Khamenei, 86, was killed alongside several family members in a joint US-Israeli air strike on his compound on February 28, the first day of the war.
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Funeral ceremonies and processions for Iran’s late supreme leader will take place between July 3-9 in several cities across Iran and Iraq before his burial in Mashhad.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo By Marium Ali Published On 3 Jul 20263 Jul 2026Starting on July 3, millions of mourners are expected to gather for seven days of funeral ceremonies and processions for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, with religious rites planned in cities across Iran and Iraq.
The burial, initially scheduled for March, was postponed as the US and Israeli war with Iran dragged on.
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