Iran’s ex-Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Credit: Reuters
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 Saturday.
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. Related News US deports Iranian, Afghanistan, other migrants to Central African Republic Oil prices tumble as Trump signals Iran peace Nollywood stars, gospel singers, others gather for Alexx Ekubo’s service of songs
Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba, succeeded him as supreme leader in early March, the third since the establishment of the Islamic republic in 1979.
