Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's Funeral Series Held in Tehran to Imam Reza's Tomb Complex

JAKARTA - The Iranian government is preparing to hold a series of funerals for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei which will begin in Tehran and end at the Imam Reza Mausoleum Complex in Mashhad.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a US-Israeli attack on Tehran on February 28, which triggered an escalation in the Middle East.

Khamenei's coffin, as well as several members of his family, was placed at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran on Friday, CNN reported (3/7).

Iranian government media reported that the other coffins were Seyyedeh Boshra Hosseini Khamenei (Khamenei's eldest daughter), Mesbah-ol-Hoda Bagheri (son-in-law), Zahra Haddad Adel (daughter-in-law) and Zahra Mohammadi Golpaygani (14 months) who are Khamenei's grandchildren.

IRIB reported that a number of religious figures from Indonesia and Afghanistan were among the first to pay their last respects at the Grand Mosalla.

Tonight; the holy flag of the shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) on the holy body of the leader of the free people, the dear leader and martyr of Iran pic.twitter.com/fASKTvvHoX

— KHAMENEI.IR | فارسی (@Khamenei_fa) July 3, 2026

Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref, who was the main organizer of the funeral, described the ceremony, which began on Saturday in Tehran and will end with a funeral on Thursday in Mashhad, as "the most important event of this century" and the most attended event since the 1979 revolution, quoted from The Guardian.

A ceremony for leaders and representatives of friendly countries and international organizations is scheduled for Friday. Ali Akbar Pourjamshidian, secretary of the national funeral and farewell committee, estimated that representatives from about 30 countries would attend the ceremony.

A series of funerals on Saturday will be held at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, Tehran, where Khamenei and his family will be buried.

A six-mile (10 km) procession through central Tehran is planned on Monday from Imam Hossein Square to Azadi Square, the site of the 1979 revolution led by Khamenei after the death of the first supreme leader, Ruhollah Khomeini, in 1989 from natural causes.

Tehran's mayor, Alireza Zakani, described Monday's procession as "the largest gathering in the city's history" and estimated that around 20 million people would attend.

Around 60 percent of Iran's population of 90 million have never known another supreme leader.

On Tuesday, Khamenei's body will be taken to the holy city of Qom, passing between the tomb of Fatima Masumeh and the Jamkaran Mosque.

Then, the body will be taken to the Iraqi Shiite strongholds of Karbala and Najaf on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has visited both cities to consult on the ceremony.

Meanwhile, the funeral on Thursday will take place at the Imam Reza Cemetery Complex in Mashhad, the birthplace of the supreme leader.

The head of the Iranian Parliament and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a message ahead of the funeral: "We must rise up and convey the nation's call for bloodshed to the world so that the world knows that the honorable and noble Iranian nation will not remain silent in the face of oppression and arrogance and will not forgive the blood of its imam."

"Iran stands on the verge of creating one of the greatest scenes in its history, the day when a nation, with a heart full of love, loyalty, and the pain of parting, comes to say goodbye to a great figure," he said.

Officials have said government and private offices in Tehran will be closed from Saturday to Monday, while traffic restrictions will put pressure on the city's metro system.

Mourners were asked to leave their cars on the outskirts of the capital to prevent Tehran's normally congested streets from becoming totally gridlocked.

Tehran's airspace will also be closed on Monday and fighter jets will patrol for signs of Israeli air raids.