▲ Commemoration of Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an explosion, as a saint last April
The official funeral for the former Supreme Leader of Iran, who was killed in U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on February 28, the first day of the war, will be held after 126 days.
Iranian authorities announced that the funeral for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei will begin on the 4th of next month, local time, according to reports from Iranian state media outlets including IRIB and IRNA on June 13.
According to an announcement by the Iranian government's "Headquarters for the Commemoration of the Blood Ascension of Imam Mujahid the Martyr," a farewell ceremony will be held for two days starting on the 4th of next month at the Imam Khomeini Shrine in the capital, Tehran, where citizens can pay their final respects to the body of Ayatollah Khamenei.
Following this, funeral processions and ceremonies will be held in Tehran on the 6th and in Qom, a holy city of Shia Islam, on the 7th.
The final funeral service will take place on the 9th in Mashhad, the hometown of Ayatollah Khamenei and a holy site for Shia Islam.
The body is scheduled to be interred at the shrine of Imam Reza, which is revered by Shia Muslims.
Meanwhile, attention is focused on whether his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not appeared in public since being elected as the successor Supreme Leader, will make an appearance.
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