The week-long funeral comes more than four months after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several family members were killed in US-Israeli airstrikes A week-long state funeral for the Islamic Republic's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has begun in Iran, more than four months after he was killed in US-Israeli airstrikes.
Tehran [Iran], July 4 (ANI): Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi broke down in tears during the farewell ceremony for former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Friday, according to Fars News, as mourning ceremonies began for the late leader, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes on February 28 this year.
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High security night vigil ahead of official Khamenei funeral With riot police posted and barricades springing up, the venue for Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral resembled a fortified camp Friday evening, but that did not deter crowds from gathering for a nearly 10-hour wait before it opened. The supreme leader's remains will lie in state day and night until Monday within the Grand Mosalla complex, which opens to the public on Saturday at 6:00 am local time (0230 GMT). Iranian authorities have planned a marathon six days of funeral ceremonies to commemorate Khamenei, who ruled the Islamic Republic as its number one from 1989 until his killing aged 86 on the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran on 28 February.
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) - An informed source revealed details of the extensive US campaign of threats to dissuade countries from attending the ceremony in Tehran to pay tribute to the martyred Imam Khamenei.
More than four months after he was killed in the opening strikes of the war with the United States and Israel, Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for more than three decades with an iron first, is finally being buried.
More than four months after he was killed in the opening strikes of the war with the United States and Israel, Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for more than three decades with an iron first, is finally being buried.
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Saudi deputy foreign minister in Tehran for Khamenei funeral Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed El Khereiji and his delegation paid their respects to Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian media reported. Khamenei was killed on 28 February during an Israeli and US war on the Islamic Republic that prompted Iranian attacks on Gulf states hosting US military bases, including Saudi Arabia.
Tehran [Iran], July 3 (ANI): Iran's top leaders came together at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla on Friday in a solemn moment as the country marks the funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes earlier on February 28 this year. Heads of the three branches of Iran's government were seen paying their respects to the slain leader.
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Millions of Iranians gathered in Tehran for the six-day funeral of Ali Khamenei. Top officials attended a ceremony for Khamenei, who was supreme leader of Iran for 36 years. He was killed by US and Israeli strikes in their first attack of the war in February, along with several members of his family.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Foreign delegations from around the world have arrived in Tehran to take part in the farewell and funeral ceremonies of martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, paying tribute at the Grand Musalla alongside Iranian officials and mourners.
Foreign officials, militia members and religious leaders on Friday visited the site where the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is lying in state, beginning nearly a week of events to mourn and bury Iran’s former supreme leader.
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