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Iran prepares extensive funeral rites for slain supreme leader
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Iran ’s ruling clerics are preparing days of funeral rites for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, turning mourning for the slain supreme leader into a public demonstration of devotion to the Islamic Republic and its revolutionary cause.
Key facts
- Khamenei was killed in the opening attack of the war by the United States and Israel.
- Hotels are offering 50% discounts, while schools, mosques and sports halls have been prepared to house mourners.
- Khamenei’s death, and the rise of his son Mojtaba as Iran’s third supreme leader, mark a turning point in the Islamic Republic’s 47-year history, coming during a conflict with its greatest foes.
- Many Iranians are weary after decades of sanctions that have choked the economy and angry at repression carried out in the name of the 1979 revolution, an event now directly remembered mainly by older people in a mostly young population.
Summary
Khamenei was killed in the opening attack of the war by the United States and Israel.
The ceremonies are due to start in Tehran over the weekend, before mass processions are held next week in Qom and Mashhad, with further rites in Iraq .