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Saturday, July 4, 2026
Iran offering food, lodging and transport to boost crowd numbers for Khamenei funeral
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Mourners gather for the start of the dayslong funeral ceremonies for the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian authorities plan to mobilize millions of people for big processions for the funeral of slain leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over the coming days, offering transport, food and lodging to buoy the numbers and encourage more of Iran’s population of over 90 million to attend commemorations.
Iran is staging mass funeral processions for Khamenei, who was killed in February by the opening airstrikes of the war launched by the US and Israel, in a show of public devotion to the Islamic Republic’s theocratic state and revolutionary zeal.
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