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The state funeral for Iran’s late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is set to take place on Wednesday evening in Tehran and will last three days. The 86‑year‑old former leader was killed on Saturday in US-Israeli air strikes. Israel said that any successor to him would be "a target".
By: FRANCE 24 A billboard depicts Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's assassinated supreme leader, in Tehran on March 3, 2026. © AFP A senior Iranian official said Wednesday that Tehran will hold a public ceremony for citizens to pay their respects following the death of the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to state media.
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.
The official said the public will be able to pay their respects to the body of late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Prayer Hall starting at 10pm (1830 GMT).
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© France 24 03:38 "The 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," he said in comments carried by Iranian media.
Iran's Khamenei, who based his iron rule of Iran on hostility to the US and Israel, was killed on Saturday, aged 86, in air strikes by Israel and the US, according to Iranian state media.
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Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened on Wednesday to assassinate any Iranian leader picked to succeed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes on Tehran.
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"Any leader selected by the Iranian terror regime to continue leading the plan for Israel's destruction, threatening the United States, the free world and countries in the region, and suppressing the Iranian people, will be a certain target for assassination, no matter his name or where he hides," Katz said in a post on X.
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