Iran holds state funeral for Ali Khamenei

Long-delayed funeral ceremonies for slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are set to become a show of the regime’s enduring revolutionary zeal

Ali Khamenei: Iran’s ruler from 1989 was killed, aged 86, in U.S.-Israeli strikes on his Tehran compound on Feb 28

IRAN
Persian Gulf
Strait of Hormuz
IRAQ
Tehran
Mashhad
Qom
Karbala
Najaf

124 miles
200km

Commuter walks past billboard showing Khamenei ahead of his funeral

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FUNERARY TOUR

Jul 4-5: Khamenei’s coffin, with coffins of several family members killed in same strikes in February, lies in state at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla for public farewell

Jul 6: 10km funeral procession, expected to draw millions, carries coffin through Tehran to Azadi Square, symbol of Islamic Republic

Jul 7: Coffin taken to seminary city of Qom, centre of Shia Islamic scholarship

Jul 8: Khamenei’s body travels to Iraq for public processions in shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala

Jul 9: Remains return to Iran for burial in Khamenei’s hometown of Mashhad, at Imam Reza Shrine, Iran’s most important pilgrimage site

Sources: AP, BBC, Reuters
Picture: Getty Images
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