Martyred Leader’s Funeral in Najaf Concludes

IQNA – The funeral procession for martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei held in Najaf, Iraq, on Tuesday with the participation of millions of Iraqis concluded at noon.

The funeral procession began with prayers led by Ayatollah Seyed Muhammad Taqi Al-Hakim at 6:00 this morning.

Millions of Iraqis attended the funeral ceremony in Najaf and mourned the martyred Leader.

Iraqi mourners carried the flags of Iraq, Iran, and Hezbollah, along with black mourning banners and red flags symbolizing the call for revenge and justice for the martyred Leader.

The body of the martyred Leader entered the holy shrine of the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (AS), at noon, and the coffin was carried around the holy shrine.

His body is scheduled to be transported to Karbala for another procession there.

The funeral in Iraq follows large-scale farewell ceremonies in Tehran and Qom, where millions of Iranians paid their final respects to the martyred Leader. Following the ceremonies in Najaf and Karbala, Ayatollah Khamenei’s body will return to Iran for the final funeral procession and burial at the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad.

Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei was martyred in a joint US-Israeli strike on Tehran on February 28, 2026, at the start of a 40-day war of aggression against Iran. His martyrdom sparked widespread mourning across Iran and among supporters of the Resistance in the region, with mourners carrying red flags as a symbol of their demand for justice and retribution.

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