Iranians to bid farewell to late Supreme Leader at Tehran ceremony

Updated 04 Mar, 2026 03:06pm 1 min read
A sign in tribute to Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is displayed on a street, after he was killed in Israeli and U.S. strikes on Saturday, in Tehran, Iran. – Reuters
A sign in tribute to Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is displayed on a street, after he was killed in Israeli and U.S. strikes on Saturday, in Tehran, Iran. – Reuters

Iranians will bid farewell to late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ​at a ceremony in Tehran late on Wednesday, ‌a senior Iranian official told state media.

Hojjatoleslam Mahmoudi, head of Iran’s Islamic Propagation Council, ​said the farewell ceremony would continue ​for three days and the funeral ⁠procession will be announced later.

The official ​said the public will be able ​to pay their respects to the body of late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at Tehran’s ​Imam Khomeini Prayer Hall starting at ​10pm.

“The Mosalla (prayer hall) will be receiving ‌visitors ⁠and the dear people can attend and take part in the farewell ceremony and mark a strong presence once ​again,” he ​said in ⁠comments carried by Iranian media.

Iran’s Ali Khamenei, who based his ​iron rule of Iran on ​hostility ⁠to the US and Israel, was killed on Saturday, aged 86, in air strikes ⁠by ​Israel and the US, ​according to Iranian state media.

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