Tehran [Iran], July 5 (ANI): Public funeral prayers for former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and four members of his family are being held in Tehran on Sunday, marking the second day of the farewell ceremonies, according to Al Jazeera.
The prayers are taking place at the Imam Khomeini Grand Musalla, where Khamenei’s body has been lying in state since Saturday for public mourning and official ceremonies.
Funeral prayers were also held for the four members of Khamenei’s family who were killed in the joint U.S.-Israeli strike on Feb. 28.
According to Tasnim News Agency, “the capacity of the main courtyard of Mosalla was filled hours before the start of the congregational prayer.”
Meanwhile, Iran’s Embassy in Armenia responded to comments by U.S. President Donald Trump, who said no shots would be fired during Khamenei’s funeral.
In a statement, the embassy condemned the remarks, saying that ideals cannot be destroyed by killing an individual.
“People can be killed, but ideals cannot. You killed Ayatollah Khamenei, but in reality, you broke a perfume bottle whose scent spread everyplace. You don’t understand these things because you have neither civilization, nor history, nor honor,” the embassy said.
Mojtaba Khamenei, the son and successor of the former supreme leader, will not attend the six-day funeral ceremonies underway in Tehran, citing security concerns amid continued Israeli threats to assassinate him, according to Al Jazeera.
Although he has not appeared in public since assuming leadership, Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement that he had authorized the memorandum of understanding signed by the Iranian and U.S. presidents, despite holding “a different view,” after receiving assurances from senior Iranian officials that it would safeguard “the rights of the Iranian nation and the resistance front.”
Following the prayers, funeral processions will be held in Tehran on Monday and in the holy city of Qom on Tuesday. Khamenei’s body will then be flown to the Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala for additional funeral ceremonies before being returned to the Iranian city of Mashhad for burial on Thursday.
Earlier, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian paid tribute to former Supreme Leader Khamenei, saying his legacy of resistance continues to inspire nations around the world. The president also vowed to keep Khamenei’s memory alive.
“Today, by the grace of the guidance of the martyred Leader of the Revolution, the message of unity, dignity, independence, and resistance resonates among all nations. I have not bid farewell to the martyred Leader, nor will I ever do so; he is forever alive in my mind and heart and will remain so,” Pezeshkian said in a post on X.
Pezeshkian’s remarks came as the public funeral for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei entered its second day, with mourners gathering in Tehran to grieve, chant anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli slogans, and call for revenge over his death, according to Al Jazeera. (ANI)
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