Dubai. Iranian state media have reported that funeral ceremonies for the country’s late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will begin in Tehran on July 4 and conclude with his burial in his hometown of Mashhad on July 9.
According to the reports, the ceremonies will also include a religious observance in the holy city of Qom on July 7, south of the Iranian capital.
The 86-year-old cleric, who had led the Islamic Republic for 36 years, is said to have died following Israeli and United States airstrikes on Iran on February 28, which reportedly targeted a central Tehran compound and caused extensive destruction.
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