The funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has begun in Iraq, according to an ynet report.
The funeral ceremony for the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has begun in Iraq, according to a report by Israeli news site ynet on Tuesday night. The development comes hours after the coffin landed in Najaf and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and IRGC Quds Force commander Ismail Qaani arrived in the holy city, as reported by N12's Asaf Rozentzweig at 18:59 Jerusalem.
The thread's reports on Tuesday evening began with conflicting accounts. At 18:59 Jerusalem, The Zioneer's first version cited a single unverified report that the body was en route from Qom to Najaf. Subsequent versions within minutes placed the body at Najaf Airport, then claimed it was still in Qom, creating ambiguity. A later version from N12 journalist Asaf Rozentzweig confirmed the coffin had landed in Najaf and that Pezeshkian and Qaani had arrived, lending official weight to the account. The ynet report now indicates the funeral ceremony itself has commenced.
As The Zioneer reported on June 22, Iranian state television announced that part of the funeral would take place in Iraq's Shiite holy cities of Najaf and Karbala. The funeral itinerary began in Tehran on July 3, with processions attended by foreign delegations including a Hamas delegation and the son of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, as The Zioneer reported. The Iraq leg was anticipated following these announcements.
Specific details about the ceremony's location, participants, and the planned burial site remain unclear. The earlier conflicting reports about the body's location also remain unresolved, though the arrival of senior officials and the commencement of the ceremony lend credibility to the later reports.
5 developments
- StrongIranian media: Khamenei funeral ceremony to be held in Qom on Tuesday
- StrongIranian sources say Khamenei's body exhumed from temporary grave in Qom
- DevelopingHamas delegation attends Khamenei's funeral in Tehran
- DevelopingIranian state TV: part of Khamenei's funeral to be held in Iraq's Shiite holy cities
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