Mideast in Pictures: Iranians bid tearful farewell to late supreme leader-Xinhua
Mideast in Pictures: Iranians bid tearful farewell to late supreme leader
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2026-07-05 21:45:15
A woman mourns for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during his farewell ceremony in Tehran, Iran, July 4, 2026. (Xinhua)
TEHRAN, July 5 (Xinhua) -- A two-day farewell ceremony of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei began here at Imam Khomeini's Mosalla prayer hall on Saturday morning.
Huge crowds of Iranians from across the country gathered to pay their final respects to the late leader, who was killed in a U.S.-Israeli strike in Tehran on Feb. 28.
The late leader's body and those of his four family members, killed alongside him in the U.S.-Israeli strike, have been placed on a raised platform.
This photo taken on July 4, 2026 shows a farewell ceremony of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei held outside Imam Khomeini's Mosalla prayer hall in Tehran, Iran. (Xinhua)People attend a farewell ceremony for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, July 4, 2026. (Xinhua/Shadati)People mourn for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during his farewell ceremony in Tehran, Iran, July 4, 2026. (Xinhua)A man attends a farewell ceremony for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, July 4, 2026. (Xinhua/Shadati)People attend a farewell ceremony for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, July 4, 2026. (Xinhua/Shadati)People attend a farewell ceremony for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, July 4, 2026. (Xinhua/Shadati)■
