Iran buried assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei at the Imam Reza shrine, closing a vast state funeral clouded by an unresolved succession: his proclaimed heir, Mojtaba Khamenei, remains unseen.
Ali Khamenei's six-day state funeral reached Iraq's holy cities of Najaf and Karbala on 8 July, four months after the Iranian Supreme Leader was killed in US-Israeli airstrikes. His son Mojtaba, named successor by the Assembly of Experts, remains unseen, deepening uncertainty over Iran's leadership after a war that closed the Strait of Hormuz and sent oil above $120.
Iran is holding a vast, days-long funeral for slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, choreographed as a demonstration of regime strength even as his successor son Mojtaba stays out of view.
Iran began six days of funeral ceremonies for Ali Khamenei on 3 July, four months after the supreme leader was assassinated in the opening hours of the US–Israeli war. Officials expect crowds in the tens of millions before his burial in Mashhad on 9 July, while his son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei — chosen by the Assembly of Experts in March — has yet to appear in public. US–Iran talks in Doha are paused for the funeral, and oil prices have fallen back to near pre-war levels.