The head of the funeral organizing staff for the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei stated Monday morning that the vehicle carrying his body is ready and the procession route will run east to west. He urged the public to move westward toward Azadi Square and said the ceremony is expected to last 10 to 12 hours, according to a Persian-language the source.
The Monday morning announcement from the funeral organizing staff — setting an east-to-west route through Tehran and a 10- to 12-hour ceremony duration — adds a concrete timetable to the ongoing preparations for the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's funeral. The statement comes after Sunday's events, which the desk reported in a series of updates: funeral prayers drew a reported 9 million attendees (based on an Iranian channel's claim), followed by a procession that began with massive crowds, video of the coffin being driven through Tehran, and a last-minute route change that saw the coffin transported by helicopter after metro stations collapsed under the weight of the turnout. Thousands of mourners who had waited along the original route were left unable to see the coffin, according to reports published Sunday at 12:15 Jerusalem.
According to the thread published Sunday, the main funeral procession had been scheduled for Monday, and the Monday announcement now specifies the route and duration for that event. The earlier sequence also included an AI-based analysis that estimated roughly 250,000 attendees at the prayer ceremony, far below the million projections. The source quality across the thread evolved from a single unverified analysis to multiple reports from Iranian channels and correspondents, though many details — including the helicopter transport and the crowd collapse — remain unconfirmed by state media.
As The Zioneer reported over the past weeks, the funeral itinerary was planned to span six days (Jul 3), with authorities expecting up to 20 million participants from Tehran alone (Jul 3). Preparations included the construction of a special vehicle for transporting the frozen body (Jul 2, Jun 18), warnings from the Qom governor about extreme heat (Jun 18), and a planned international leg in Iraq on Jul 8–9 (Jun 17).
The Monday announcement comes from a single Persian-language source known for state-aligned content and has not been officially confirmed by Iranian state media or the government. The official start time for the procession has not been released, and it is unclear how the announced route — east to west toward Azadi Square — relates to the route change reported on Sunday.
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