Iranian officials have released the design of a platform to be erected at Tehran's Mosalla prayer grounds for the funeral ceremony of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his family. According to planners cited in Iranian media, the platform's height and position were chosen to ensure visibility from across the complex, including the central courtyard, balconies, and the prayer hall roof, allowing prayers to be held simultaneously with the ceremony.
Iranian officials have released the design of a large platform being prepared at the Mosalla prayer grounds in Tehran for the funeral ceremony of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his family. According to planners cited in Iranian media, the platform's height and position were chosen to ensure visibility from across the complex – including the central courtyard, balconies, and the prayer hall roof – allowing prayers to be held simultaneously with the ceremony. This design release, reported Tuesday evening, follows a day of intensified logistical preparations detailed by the desk earlier Tuesday.
Earlier on Tuesday at 13:37 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that a stage had already been erected at the same Mosalla site for the ceremony. That update came after a source affiliated with the 301 network published a separate, unverified design for the funeral of Khamenei and family members reportedly eliminated in the opening strike of Operation Roaring Lion, also at 13:37 Jerusalem on Monday. The thread's earliest entry, from Monday 13:37 Jerusalem, cited Iranian state-linked sources estimating preparations for over 35 million mourners, though no official confirmation of that figure has been published.
By Monday evening, as The Zioneer reported, the funeral itinerary had expanded to include processions in Qom, Iraq's Shiite holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, and burial in Mashhad. Background reporting from the desk on Saturday June 13 noted conflicting dates for the burial, while a Tuesday background item cited security analyst Yair Goldblatt indicating the procession would pass through Iraq before burial in Mashhad on Friday, though that date has not been officially confirmed.
What remains open: The timing of the main Tehran funeral ceremony has not been confirmed by official sources; earlier reports this week varied on dates, and no official confirmation has been published for the reported 35 million mourners estimate or for the 301 network's unverified design. The relationship between the unverified design from Monday and the official design released Tuesday is not specified in available reporting.
5 developments
- StrongIranian media: Khamenei funeral ceremony to be held in Qom on Tuesday
- StrongTehran mayor says Khamenei funeral ceremonies to take place in Iraq on July 8–9
- StrongIranian sources say Khamenei's body exhumed from temporary grave in Qom
- DevelopingTehran prepares for massive funeral procession for Ali Khamenei, 4 months after his elimination
Source and signal
- Internal intake