Iran buries Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Mashhad amid renewed US-Iran conflict

RTE reported the burial occurred four months after Khamenei's killing, while TASS and others noted the burial took place in Mashhad.

The exact date of the burial varied between sources, with some reporting it as July 9 and others as July 10.

Iran buried the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following six days of funeral proceedings and amid a renewed escalation. Meanwhile, some tankers continue transiting the Strait of Hormuz. DW has more.

Khamenei's flag-covered coffin was carried aloft into the shrine of Imam Reza in his home city of Mashhad in eastern Iran as a sea of people waited outside and listened to prayers, with no sign of a public appearance by his son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei.

Khamenei’s flag-covered coffin was carried aloft into the shrine of Imam Reza in his home city of Mashhad in eastern Iran as a sea of people waited outside and listened to prayers

Iran’s assassinated supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was buried in the country’s holiest shrine, state media said early on Friday, after huge crowds gathered for his funeral with his son and successor, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, still hidden from public view. The burial in Mashhad in northeast Iran follows a week of mass funeral processions, rallies and mourning ceremonies that have coincided with a renewed burst of conflict with the United States following weeks of truce in the four-month-old war. Khamenei was assassinated in the first strikes of the war launched by the United States and Israel on February 28. The US and Iran agreed to a truce last month. Khamenei’s body was carried slowly by truck on Thursday through the crammed Mashhad streets towards the gilt dome and minarets of the Shrine of Imam Reza as white-turbaned clerics walked on either side. Black-clad mourners pressed close behind, waving Iranian flags, photographs of the late Khamenei and red placards with revolutionary slogans. The burial is the culmination of a week of funeral events in both Iran and Iraq that the country’s clerical leaders encouraged huge crowds to attend. ‘Kill Trump’ placards appear at burial ceremony The whereabouts of Mojtaba Khamenei, proclaimed supreme leader by a clerical assembly in early March, a week after his father’s death, has remained a mystery to Iranians. He has not appeared in public since the war began. While he has made written statements, no image, video or voice recording of him has been issued. He reportedly suffered debilitating injuries in the strike that killed his father, his face disfigured and limbs badly wounded. Senior sources in Tehran have said he is recovering but that he has not yet been well enough to manage public appearances. State security services are also trying to limit his exposure in case of more US attacks. As crowds jostled in Mashhad, awaiting Khamenei’s funeral cortege, the crowd chanted slogans demanding revenge on US President Donald Trump for his killing. “I swear by the blood of the supreme leader, Trump, we will kill you!” they shouted, with women holding up placards reading “Kill Trump”. Chants against the US The shrine’s courtyard was a mass of mourners as dusk fell, their defiant chants of “Death to America” ringing out above the lyrical funeral laments and string music broadcast by loudspeakers. A helicopter lifted Khamenei’s coffin from the truck over the impenetrable crowd for the final short stretch to a blue-tiled arched recess at the shrine. Khamenei’s oldest son, Mostafa, said the funeral prayer, and a throng of male mourners carried the coffin, painted in the red, white and green of Iran’s flag, inside the shrine. Many of those gathered inside held candles, stretched their arms toward the coffin and wept, video showed. The official IRNA news agency reported early on Friday that the burials of Khamenei and four family members assassinated alongside him were completed. Khamenei’s remains were previously paraded through Tehran, Qom and the Iraqi shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala. At each event, huge crowds have thronged the streets to the mournful accompaniment of sung laments and chanted revolutionary slogans.

Khamenei’s flag-covered coffin was carried aloft into the shrine of Imam Reza in his home city of Mashhad in eastern Iran as a sea of people waited outside and listened to prayers

Iran has buried its former supreme leader Ali Khamenei over four months after his killing in an airstrike, as two days of US and Iranian attacks raised fears of a return to all-out war.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was buried in Mashhad after a week of ceremonies. He ruled Iran for nearly thirty-seven years and died in recent airstrikes. Large crowds gathered for funeral processions which brought daily life to a standstill. His eldest son led prayers, but his successor was notably absent from the burial. This burial occurred amid renewed hostilities and recent strikes between the US and Iran.

Ali Khamenei was buried at the Imam Reza shrine, Iran's holiest Shia Muslim site, ending six days of public mourning ceremonies.

Khamenei was buried at the Imam Reza Holy Shrine, alongside his family members who were also killed as a result of US-Israeli bombings

The jets conducted patrols to secure the airspace over Mashhad as part of heightened security measures

Khamenei's marathon funeral is coming to an end as the coffin arrives in Mashhad, following a week of mass processions across Iran resonating with revenge slogans against Trump. It comes as strikes between of US and Iran have started up again. The funeral is also being used as a way to project to the world a regime that has managed to withstand the war. FRANCE 24's Angela Diffley tells us more.

The coffin of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been returned to Iran from Iraq following solemn funeral rites held in both Najaf and Karbala. His arrival in Mashhad drew large crowds as the community prepared for his burial at the Imam Reza shrine. Khamenei passed away on February 28 during a US-Israel operation, and current tensions continue with strikes exchanged between Iran and the US.

Iranians are carrying red flags, portraits of Khamenei, and many are shouting the slogan "Death to America, death to Israel!"

US and Iran have resumed strikes, threatening a return to full-scale war. The fighting also came with Iran preparing to bury Khamenei, who was killed alongside close family members on the first day of the US-Israeli war against the Islamic republic on February 28. The last of a marathon six days of funeral ceremonies will be closely watched for signs of his son Mojtaba Khamenei, who has yet to appear in public since being appointed. FRANCE 24's Angela Diffley tells us more.

The late supreme leader will be buried in his hometown, the eastern holy city of Mashhad.

The Iranian authorities said the funeral procession in Mashhad for the former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would start late. Hours earlier, the United States and Iran traded strikes.

Iran's slain ruler Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday will be buried at the country's holiest shrine in Mashhad after a week of mass funeral processions, rallies and mourning ceremonies that has coincided ​with a flare-up in conflict with the US. Khamenei's son and successor, Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, has still not made any public appearances.