Months after U.S. and Israeli strikes, Iran readies massive funeral for Khamenei
Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reviled by some and revered by others, is set to be laid to rest after a sprawling multi-day funeral ceremony planned as both a religious and political spectacle.
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Killed alongside members of his family in the opening salvo of U.S. and Israeli attacks on Tehran on Feb. 28, Khamenei’s legacy looms over nearly every element of the Islamic Republic that he controlled with an iron fist for nearly four decades.
It is only the second time that Iran has laid a supreme leader to rest: The 1989 funeral procession of the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, was a vast ceremony that drew millions to Tehran, Iran’s capital.
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Tehran’s mayor, Alireza Zakani, has said that up to 20 million people could show up for the sprawling funeral in the capital, according to the Young Journalists Club, which is affiliated with Iranian state television.
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