US EditionAyatollah Ali Khamenei To Be Buried in Mashhad Amid Security Concerns
Iran plans burial of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad amid heightened security and regional tensions following US-Israeli strikes, with a large farewell ceremony in Tehran.
- On March 04, 2026, Fars reported Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be buried in Mashhad, Iran's second-largest city, at the Imam Reza shrine where his father is also interred.
- After his killing on Saturday, authorities said power was temporarily vested in a three-man interim council including the president, head of judiciary, and a jurist.
- At 10 p.m. on Wednesday, Tehran's Imam Khomeini Mosalla will open for a large farewell ceremony, allowing the public to pay respects, officials said.
- Reports suggest Mojtaba Khamenei is poised to succeed, and Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz warned `any leader selected by the Iranian terror regime... will be a target for assassination,' on Wednesday.
- After strikes on the Iranian sites including the Assembly of Experts building in Qom and IRGC targets, Fars reported security concerns may delay the assembly's final meeting.
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Activists for human rights (HRANA) based in the USA state that in the first four days of the Israeli-American attacks in Iran, more than a thousand civilians died, among them 181 children under the age of 10.
Iran decided on Wednesday to both the national funerals of its superior leader, Ali Khamenei, originally planned to take place during the Tehran series, while the country faced massive Israeli-American attacks.
Iran postpones Khamenei’s funeral citing anticipated massive crowds
Iran announced that a state funeral for supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which had been planned for Wednesday evening in Tehran, was postponed "in anticipation of unprecedented turnout," state television reported.
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Free Malaysia Today NewsIran postpones state funeral for Khamenei
Iran postpones the state funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei due to anticipated large turnout. The new date will be announced soon as the nation mourns its supreme leader, killed in US-Israeli strikes.
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