Iran officially began six days of public funeral ceremonies for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday morning, state television reported.
Khamenei was killed in a joint United States-Israeli air strike on his official residence in Tehran on February 28, the first day of the US-Israel war on Iran.
Thousands of mourners carrying red banners — a symbol of vengeance — filled the courtyard of Tehran’s vast Grand Mosalla religious complex as they waited for the arrival of Khamenei’s coffin, an AFP journalist witnessed.
Khamenei’s coffin will lie in state until Monday. Afterwards, his coffin will be taken to Qom, a holy city for Shiite Muslims, as well as to neighboring Iraq, before his burial in his hometown of Mashhad in northeastern Iran on Thursday.
Iran’s airspace and many streets in the cities where the coffin will be displayed will be shut for several days for security reasons during the ceremonies
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