NAJAF: The coffin of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrived in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf on Tuesday after funeral ceremonies in Iran, bringing a multi-day procession to one of Shiite Islam’s most sacred sites following the leader’s death in a February 28 US-Israeli strike. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi and senior Iraqi officials received the coffin at Najaf International Airport ahead of funeral ceremonies and a mass public procession, state TV reported.

Ali Khamenei's flag-draped coffin, and those of his family killed in an airstrike launched by Israel and the United States, sat on board a truck. | World News

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