Crowds bid farewell to Khamenei in Iranian holy city of Qom
A truck carrying the coffins of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family makes its way through mourners during the funeral procession in Qom, the heart of religious studies in Iran, Tuesday July 7, 2026. (Mehdi Khezrian/ISNA via AP)
Thousands of people took to the streets on July 7 in the Iranian holy city of Qom during a fourth day of marathon funeral proceedings for late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The remains of Khamenei, who was killed in late February on the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, are lying in state at the Jamkaran Mosque in Qom, a holy city that houses Shia Islam’s most influential seminaries and shrines.
Aerial footage broadcast by state television showed the streets of Qom, home to about 1.5 million people, packed with mourners.
