Funeral
Week-long funeral of Iran's former supreme leader Ali Khamenei begins second day in Tehran
The funeral began on Saturday in Tehran with chants of "death to America, death to Israel," and his body is expected to be taken to Qom, Najaf and Kerbala, the great Shi'ite centers of Iran and Iraq.
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Iranian regime to hold former supreme leader Khamenei’s farewell ceremony in Tehran
Hojjatoleslam Mahmoudi, head of Iran’s Islamic Propagation Council, said the farewell ceremony would continue for three days and the funeral procession will be announced later.
