President Pezeshkian to attend martyred Leader’s funeral in Iraq

President Masoud Pezeshkian will travel to Iraq on Tuesday to attend the funeral ceremony for the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, scheduled to be held in the Iraqi holy cities of Najaf and Karbala on Wednesday.

The visit comes as funeral ceremonies for the martyred Leader and members of his family continue across Iran.

The nationwide funeral procession began early Monday morning, with large crowds of mourners gathering to accompany the coffins of Ayatollah Khamenei, Sayyedeh Boshra Hosseini Khamenei, Mesbah al-Hoda Baqeri, Zahra Haddad Adel, and Zahra Mohammadi Golpayegani.

Accompanied by millions of mourners in a historic ceremony, the Leader’s coffin was carried toward Tehran’s Azadi Square earlier on Tuesday.

Dressed in black and beating their chests in mourning, large crowds packed the streets in Tehran as the funeral convoy made its way through the capital. Mourners chanted slogans calling for revenge for Ayatollah Khamenei’s blood and resistance against enemies, while waving Iranian flags and carrying his portraits.

Martyred Leader’s coffin carried toward Tehran's Azadi Square during funeral procession

Ayatollah Khamenei’s coffin was carried through Tehran

Following Monday’s ceremonies in Tehran, the funeral procession will continue in the holy city of Qom on Tuesday. On Wednesday, special farewell and funeral ceremonies will be held in Najaf and Karbala, before the final funeral and burial take place at the shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad on Thursday.

Ayatollah Khamenei was assassinated in US-Israeli air raids on his residence on February 28, when the two regimes launched an unprovoked military aggression against Iran in the middle of Tehran-Washington negotiations to resolve outstanding issues.

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