Iranian state-aligned media report that a funeral ceremony for the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is being held in the city of Qom this morning, according to a single source. No further details on attendees or the itinerary have been confirmed.
This morning, Iranian state-aligned media reported that a funeral ceremony for the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is being held in the city of Qom. The report comes from a single source and has not been independently corroborated. The ceremony appears to be the latest event in an extended multi-city mourning schedule that The Zioneer has previously tracked, including earlier processions and state ceremonies in Tehran over the past week. Details regarding the scale, participants, and next stages of the funeral itinerary remain unconfirmed. The source provides no visual documentation or official statement to corroborate the event's commencement.
As The Zioneer reported at 06:29 Jerusalem on Tuesday, Khamenei's body had earlier been flown by helicopter to the Jamkaran Mosque in Qom on Monday, where crowds were already gathering for the funeral procession. That same report noted that the coffin was then to be transferred to the Iraqi Shiite holy city of Najaf after the Qom ceremony, according to Al-Mayadeen. Attendance estimates in Qom had been updated to tens of thousands by Tuesday morning, following earlier reports of thousands, as Israeli media outlets relayed.
Background context from The Zioneer's earlier coverage: The funeral itinerary was first reported as spanning six days, with a state ceremony in Tehran drawing massive crowds—organizers expected 20 million participants. A Hamas delegation and foreign dignitaries, including the son of Hassan Nasrallah, attended the Tehran ceremonies. Iranian opposition-linked sources have circulated an unverified image they claim shows Khamenei's coffin.
It remains unclear whether the ceremony reported this morning has actually commenced, as no official Iranian state broadcaster or regime-affiliated source has confirmed it. No images or video from inside Qom today have been released, and the single source cited is not independently verifiable.
6 developments
- StrongIranian sources say Khamenei's body exhumed from temporary grave in Qom
- StrongIranian media: Khamenei funeral ceremony to be held in Qom on Tuesday
- DevelopingYnet reports documentation from Tehran showing coffins of Khamenei and family members killed with him
- DevelopingHamas delegation attends Khamenei's funeral in Tehran
Source and signal
- Internal intake