Funeral ceremonies for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israeli strike on Feb. 28, will be held in Tehran, Qom and Mashhad, a senior municipal official said Tuesday.
Mohammad Amin Tavakkoli-Zadeh, Tehran’s deputy mayor for social and cultural affairs, said authorities were preparing for between 15 million and 20 million participants in the capital, according to Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency.
He said Khamenei would be buried at the shrine of Imam Reza in the northeastern city of Mashhad, in accordance with his will and recommendations from those close to him.
Tavakkoli-Zadeh said requests from provinces across Iran to host funeral and memorial ceremonies were continuing and that the events would likely be held at the end of Dhu al-Hijjah, the 12th month in the Islamic calendar.
He added that three days of farewell ceremonies had been planned and that the funeral procession in Tehran would last at least 24 hours.
