Remains of Former Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei Transferred to Shiite Holy Site in Iraq

The remains of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei were transferred to Iraq on the evening of July 7 (local time), the fourth day of funeral proceedings, according to Iran's state-run IRIB broadcaster.

Iraqi state television also aired footage of a Mahan Air flight carrying Khamenei's casket arriving at Najaf International Airport in Iraq.

At the airport, the remains were received by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi, along with other high-ranking Iraqi officials.

Following three days of memorial services that began on July 4 in the Iranian capital of Tehran and continued earlier today in the central religious city of Qom, the remains of Ayatollah Khamenei and the four family members who died with him in the explosion will be available for public viewing in the Iraqi Shiite holy city of Karbala on July 8.

Once the memorial schedule in Karbala concludes, the remains will be moved to the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, a Shiite holy city in northeastern Iran and the birthplace of Ayatollah Khamenei, where they will be laid to rest on July 9.

(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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