Iran's Ali Khamenei To Be Buried In Hometown Mashhad On July 9

The burial in Ali Khamenei's hometown, the northeastern holy city of Mashhad, initially scheduled for March but postponed due to the war

13 Jun 2026, 12:07 · NDTV

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Iran's former supreme leader Ali Khamenei will be buried on July 9 in Mashhad
Funeral ceremonies will be held from July 4 in Tehran and July 7 in Qom
The burial was postponed from March due to ongoing war conditions

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Iran's former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for nearly 37 years before being killed by Israeli and US airstrikes on February 28, will be buried on July 9, state television reported Saturday.

The burial in his hometown, the northeastern holy city of Mashhad, initially scheduled for March but postponed due to the war, will follow three days of funeral ceremonies in capital Tehran beginning July 4 and another in the holy city of Qom on July 7, it said.

July 4, the start date of the national funeral, will coincide with the United States' Independence Day, which this year celebrates its 250th anniversary.

Ali Khamenei's son, Mojtaba, succeeded him as supreme leader in early March, the third since the establishment of the Islamic republic in 1979.

Mojtaba Khamenei, wounded in the strikes that killed his father and numerous other officials, has not appeared in public since his appointment and communicates only through statements attributed to him.

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