According to Al-Arabiya, an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 people attended the first day of the farewell ceremony for the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, a city of about 13 million residents. The estimate is significantly lower than earlier projections of millions of attendees, which were reported by Iranian sources and the Zioneer ahead of the event.
An Al-Arabiya report on Saturday evening cited an estimate of 200,000 to 300,000 participants attending the first day of the farewell ceremony for late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, a metropolis of roughly 13 million residents.
The figure stands in contrast to earlier projections widely circulated by Iranian authorities and reported by The Zioneer in the days leading up to the funeral. In separate background reports published between July 3 and early July, the desk cited Iranian officials expecting up to 20 million attendees from Tehran alone, and neighboring countries requesting to send over one million citizens. The Al-Arabiya estimate is based on a single source and has not been independently corroborated. It reflects the actual crowd observed on the first day of the multi-day event, which began Saturday.
No further details about attendance on subsequent days, the arrival of foreign delegations, or the security situation in Tehran have been reported in this batch. The Zioneer's own reporting noted that delegations from over 100 countries arrived for ceremonies that began July 3.
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