{"id":42425,"date":"2026-03-04T09:09:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42425"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:09:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:09:05","slug":"iranians-to-bid-farewell-to-late-supreme-leader-khamenei-at-tehran-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42425","title":{"rendered":"Iranians to bid farewell to late Supreme Leader Khamenei at Tehran ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Iranians will bid farewell to late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a ceremony in Tehran late on Wednesday, a senior Iranian official told state media.<\/p>\n<p>Hojjatoleslam Mahmoudi, head of Iran\u2019s Islamic Propagation Council, said the farewell ceremony will continue for three days, with the funeral procession to be announced later.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian newspapers with cover photos of Iran&#8217;s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are displayed, after he was killed in Israeli and U.S. strikes on Saturday, in Tehran, Iran, March 2, 2026. Majid Asgaripour\/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>Read: Iran confirms supreme leader Khamenei is dead after US, Israeli attacks<\/p>\n<p>The official said the public will be able to pay respects to Khamenei\u2019s body at Tehran\u2019s Imam Khomeini Prayer Hall starting at 10pm\u00a0(1830 GMT).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mosalla (prayer hall) will be receiving visitors, and the dear people can attend and take part in the farewell ceremony and mark a strong presence once again,\u201d he said, according to Iranian media.<\/p>\n<p>Khamenei, who based his iron rule on hostility to the US\u00a0and Israel, was killed on Saturday at the age of 86 in air strikes by Israel and the US, according to Iranian state media.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranians will bid farewell to late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a ceremony in Tehran late on Wednesday, a senior Iranian official told state media. Hojjatoleslam Mahmoudi, head of Iran\u2019s Islamic Propagation Council, said the farewell ceremony will continue for three days, with the funeral procession to be announced later. Iranian newspapers with cover [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}