Body of Khamenei Arrives in Qom Ahead of Procession
- On Monday, July 6, 2026, a funeral procession for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei drew huge crowds in Tehran, with mourners following a truck carrying the coffins of Khamenei and four family members killed in a Feb 28 US-Israeli strike.
- The procession featured images of top Iranian officials killed in recent years, including Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani, as trucks sprayed water to cool mourners in sweltering heat during the 12-mile route.
- State media reported millions attended the event, comparable to the 1989 funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini that drew an estimated 10 million people, while Jafar Miadfar, head of emergency services, confirmed no fatalities were recorded.
- President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attended the procession, but Mojtaba Khamenei remained absent from public view, fueling speculation about his condition following an airstrike.
- The body arrived in Qom on Monday evening, with similar events scheduled in Iraq's holy cities of Najaf and Karbala on Wednesday, before the six-day ceremony sequence culminates Thursday with burial in Mashhad, Iran.
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The crowd was large and chanted "Death to America!", a slogan often heard at official rallies in the Islamic Republic.
The funeral of the supreme guide Ali Khamenei will continue in Iraq, where a large Shiite community also resides.
In an event conceived as a demonstration of strength and unity, six months after the repression of massive demonstrations against power and expensive life, millions of people paid tribute to the leader on Monday in Tehran. In Qom, the crowd also came in large numbers, chanting in choir "Death America!", a slogan regularly heard in the official rallies of the Islamic Republic. Air images broadcast on state television showed the streets of this ci…
The coffin arrived in Ghom in the wake of the funerals for the supreme Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamenei who was killed.
After a ceremony in Qom, the funeral procession of the Iranian supreme guide Ali Khamenei is headed for Iraq for a series of processions in the holy Shiite cities The funeral of the supreme guide
The city of Karbala is witnessing extensive preparations for the reception of the late Iranian guide Ali Khamenei, in parallel with the intensification of security, service and organizational procedures for the reception of comforters and arrivals. The press lens of the Shafaq News Agency took photographs showing the main streets and squares of the city. It was surrounded by banners, photographs and flags on the pillars, buildings and entrances …
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