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Iran plans dayslong funeral for Supreme Leader Khamenei after war death

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July 3, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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Iran plans dayslong funeral for Supreme Leader Khamenei after war death

The country's theocracy hopes to see millions flood the streets of the capital beginning Saturday in scenes reminiscent to the burial of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989.

The casket of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The country's theocracy hopes to see millions flood the streets of the capital beginning Saturday in scenes reminiscent to the burial of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989.

(Image credit: Vahid Salemi)