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Funeral processions begin in Najaf for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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NAJAF, Iraq — Funeral processions for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began Wednesday in the Iraqi city of Najaf with thousands of mourners present.

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  1. Al-Monitor

    Iraq's holy cities to host funeral processions for Khamenei (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Funeral processions carrying the coffin of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei will pass on Wednesday through Iraq's holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, home to Shia Islam's most sacred shrines. Najaf is the main centre of Shia religious seminaries, and is also home to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani…

  2. Al Jazeera

    Khamenei’s coffin arrives in Iraq as US strikes hit Iran (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The coffin carrying Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has arrived in one of Shia Islam’s holiest cities, Najaf.

  3. The Republic

    Funeral prayers in Iraq for Iranian supreme leader commence after body arrives in holy city (opens The Republic)

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    NAJAF, Iraq (AP) — Funeral processions for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began Wednesday in the Iraqi city of Najaf with thousands of mourners present. The Islamic Republic’s dayslong funeral for Khamenei began Saturday, with authorities shutting down streets, airspace and daily …

  4. Al-Monitor

    Thousands march as Khamenei's funeral procession crosses into Iraq (opens Al-Monitor)

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    NAJAF, Iraq, July 8 - Mourners marched through Iraq's holy city of Najaf on Wednesday, following the coffin of slain Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as his six-day funeral procession, which drew huge crowds in his home country, pressed on across the border.

  5. Al Jazeera

    Funeral events for Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Khamenei under way in Iraq (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Khamenei's coffin made its way through the streets of Najaf to the shrine of Imam Ali, Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law.

  6. France 24

    Thousands of mourners march as Khamenei's funeral procession crosses into Iraq (opens France 24)

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    Mourners ​marched through Iraq's holy city of Najaf on ​Wednesday, following the coffin of slain Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as his six-day funeral procession, which drew ​huge ‌crowds in his home country, pressed ⁠on across the border.

  7. The Hill

    Mourners greet Khamenei funeral procession in Iraq as US, Iran trade strikes (opens The Hill)

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    Thousands of mourners gathered in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf on Wednesday to attend funeral processions for Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Khamenei's coffin was carried on a large truck and driven through the streets, draped in the Iranian flag as it continued to other Shiite hol…

  8. The Columbian

    Funeral processions begin in Najaf for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (opens The Columbian)

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    NAJAF, Iraq — Funeral processions for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began Wednesday in the Iraqi city of Najaf with thousands of mourners present.

  9. The Times of Israel

    Masses gather in Iraq’s holy Shiite cities as Khamenei funeral frenzy crosses border (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Slain leader's body brought to Najaf and Karbala, where vast crowds of Iraqis pay tribute to man 'who cannot even be described'; Iran shows new footage from strike that killed him

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