Iran will completely close Tehran's airspace on Monday as part of preparations for the funeral of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the ISNA news agency reported.
Flights continued across the country without restrictions on Sunday, but Tehran's airspace will be completely closed on Monday during the main funeral procession, Anadolu quoted (6/7).
According to the schedule announced by the Civil Aviation Organization, regular flights at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport and Imam Khomeini International Airport will be suspended on Monday as public ceremonies take place in the capital.
On Tuesday, Mehrabad airport will return to normal operations, while Imam Khomeini airport will remain closed.
Authorities said on July 9, airspace over the city of Mashhad in the northeast and operations at Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport would also be fully suspended during the final funeral ceremony.
Flights across the region of the Land of the Mullahs will continue without restrictions on July 7-8, except for Mashhad on the last day of the ceremony.
It is known that Ayatollah Khamenei was killed in a joint US-Israeli attack in Iran on February 28, which triggered a weeks-long war and increased tensions throughout the region.
The series of funeral ceremonies officially began on Friday last week, with foreign leaders and official delegations from across the region and beyond paying tribute to the late Iranian supreme leader.
According to the official schedule, the public farewell ceremony will be followed by a main funeral procession in Tehran on Monday.
The funeral procession will then move to Qom City on July 7.
On July 8, ceremonies are scheduled in Baghdad, Najaf, and Karbala, Iran, where the remains will be received by religious and political figures before being transferred to major Shiite shrines.
The funeral and final burial ceremony is scheduled for July 9 at the Imam Reza Mausoleum, one of Iran's main Shiite holy sites in the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province, Mashhad.
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