Iran's former supreme leader Ali Khamenei will be buried on July 9 in Mashhad, following three days of funeral ceremonies in Tehran and Qom, state television reported.
National funeral for Iran ’s late supreme leader Ali Khamenei to begin July 4, with burial in Mashhad on July 9 A woman walks past a banner with a picture of the late Iran ’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , on a street in Tehran June 7, 2026.
— Majid Asgaripour/Wana pic via Reuters! Plus, enjoy an additional FREE RM10 when you sign up using code VERSAMM10 with a min. cash-in of RM100 today. T&Cs apply. TEHRAN, June 13 — Iran’s former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for nearly 37 years before being killed by Israeli and US airstrikes on February 28, will be buried on July 9, state television reported today.
The burial in his hometown, the northeastern holy city of Mashhad, initially scheduled for March but postponed due to the war, will follow three days of funeral ceremonies in capital Tehran beginning July 4 and another in the holy city of Qom on July 7, it said. July 4, the start date of the national funeral, will coincide with the United States’ Independence Day, which this year celebrates its 250th anniversary.
Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba, succeeded him as supreme leader in early March, the third since the establishment of the Islamic republic in 1979. Mojtaba Khamenei, wounded in the strikes that killed his father and numerous other officials, has not appeared in public since his appointment and communicates only through statements attributed to him. — AFP
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