By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall DUBAI, July 2 - Iran's ruling clerics are preparing days of mass funeral rites for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a show of public devotion to the Islamic Republic and proof that its revolutionary fervor still burns strong. Iran's supreme leader was killed by U.S.
Iran's leadership is planning a six-day funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei starting July 4, in what officials say will be the largest gathering in Tehran's history — and a demonstration of strength at home and abroad.
The Iranian regime is betting a historic turnout at former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s funeral will send a message of national unity and legitimacy by rallying mourners under the slogan “We Must Rise.” The funeral ceremonies, beginning Friday, will span Iran and Iraq over several days.
Russia, China, India also confirm sending senior officials; Iran claims dignitaries from about 100 countries coming, reportedly including the presidents of Tajikistan and Georgia
By Mostafa Salem, Aida Karimi (CNN) — Four months after he was killed at the outset of the US-Israeli war on Iran, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is being memorialized in a weeklong funeral spectacle stretching across five cities in two countries, with millions of mourners expected to attend.
Tehran is marshaling its most feared security forces to stage a funeral it hopes the world will read as strength, but the four-month gap between Ali Khamenei's death and his scheduled July 9 burial, the likely condition of his remains, and the thin roster of foreign dignitaries willing to attend tel…
Huge scale of funeral for supreme leader across five cities is intended to relay message of resistance to rest of the world In the small hours of Friday the police roadblocks, stalls, posters and army vans were starting to appear across Tehran as millions of Iranians prepared to attend the long-dela…
The body of Iran's supreme leader, killed in US-Israeli strikes that triggered the Middle East war, arrived at Tehran's Grand Mosalla on Friday ahead of his funeral, state media reported. Millions of people and a coterie of foreign dignitaries were expected to attend Saturday's official ceremony for…
Four months after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes, Iran is preparing for a massive multi-day funeral. It’s a calculated move by the regime to project strength and unity during a shaky peace deal with the U.S.
By Parisa Hafezi and Jana Choukeir DUBAI, July 3 - The body of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was lying in state in a vast hall in Tehran on Friday as clerics, officials, foreign dignitaries and other mourners paid their respects after his 37-year rule.
Officials from China, Russia, India and other countries are in Tehran as Iran prepares to mourn the Supreme Leader, who was killed in an airstrike at the start of the US-Israeli campaign against Iran.
The elaborate funeral for the late supreme leader is becoming more than a farewell; it serves as a carefully staged test of regime continuity after his decades-long rule.
Top Iranian officials on Friday paid their final respects to the country's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei at the start of a week of funeral ceremonies, with allies and mourners converging on Tehran where his body is lying in state.
The country's theocracy hopes to see millions flood the streets of the capital beginning Saturday in scenes reminiscent to the burial of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989.
Khamenei's flag-draped coffin sat at Tehran's Grand Mosalla alongside family members killed in the Israeli airstrike that came in the first moments of the war on Feb. 28.
Iranians began to gather on Friday for the funeral ceremonies of slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, as officials and international dignitaries paid their last respects to the man who ran the country for three-and-a-half decades.
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Foreign dignitaries and senior Iranian leaders honored Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today, months after he was killed by the United States and Israel. Iran says organizers expect 15 to 20 million people at his dayslong state funeral. NBC News' Richard Engel reports from Tehran.
Funeral ceremonies for Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei officially began on Saturday, state television reported, an event drawing thousands and intended to serve as a show of strength to the Islamic republic's foes.
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