According to a statement issued by the office, farewell ceremonies for the martyred Leader’s body will be held at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla on July 4 and 5, corresponding to the 19th and 20th days of Muharram.
A funeral procession in Tehran is scheduled for July 6, while another procession will take place in the holy city of Qom on July 7.
The final funeral ceremony will be held in the holy city of Mashhad on July 9, coinciding with the eve of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Sajjad (AS). The statement said the martyred Leader will be laid to rest at the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS).
The organizers invited “all noble and dear people, the free people of the world, followers of the school of Islam, and those interested in Iran” to attend the ceremonies and bid farewell to the martyred Leader.
The statement also thanked government bodies and popular groups for extensive preparations, stressing that the principal role in organizing the ceremonies would belong to the people themselves as “the true owners of the mourning,” adding that an unparalleled display of public participation is expected.
Further details of the ceremonies will be announced later.
Ayatollah Khamenei was assassinated by the US and Israeli militaries at his residence in Tehran on February 28, when the two regimes launched a bloody war of aggression against Iran that also saw the assassination of several top military commanders.
Days later, Iran’s Assembly of Experts, a body of 88 clerics, elected Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, 56 years old, as the third Leader of the Islamic Revolution. Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei is the son of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
