What to expect from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral? See schedule

The funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will last several days. Here's what to expect next week:

- July 3 - At a ceremony in Tehran this Friday (3), foreign delegations are being received by senior Iranian officials, including President Masoud Pezeshkian and Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
- July 4 - The public part of the funeral begins on Saturday (4) at 6am (local time) when Tehran's Imam Khomeini Mosalla opens for a continuous 24th farewell ceremony. hours.
- July 5 - The second day will be dedicated to funeral prayers for Khamenei and members of his family, after which the public farewell ceremony will continue.
- July 6 - On this day the main funeral procession will take place in Tehran. The ceremony is expected to begin at 6 am (local time), and the procession, including funeral prayers, will follow a 10-kilometer route between Imam Hossein Square and Azadi Square.
- July 7 - Prayers will be held at the Jamkaran Mosque, in the city of Qom, an important religious center about 150 km south of Tehran. A funeral procession may also take place at the venue, conditions permitting.

- July 8 - Khamenei's body will be transported to the Iraqi city of Najaf, as the regime seeks to show that its revolutionary ideology can still cross borders. There will be an official reception attended by Iraq's prime minister, senior government officials and religious leaders, before the procession heads to the Shrine of Imam Ali, an important pilgrimage site for Shia Muslims. The body will then be taken by helicopter to the Shrine of Imam Hussein, in Karbala, about 80 km away, before returning by plane to Iran.
- July 9 - Khamenei will be buried at the Shrine of Imam Reza, one of the holiest sites in Shiite Islam, in Mashhad, the city where he was born.

Source: CNN