Funeral of Martyred Leader in Iraqi Holy Cities Slated for July 8

IQNA – The funeral ceremony of Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, will be held in the Iraqi holy cities of Najaf and Karbala next week.

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Date: 02 July 2026 - 22:06

Lt. Gen. Saad Maan, spokesman for the Iraqi Army Joint Staff, announced that the procession will take place from on Wednesday, July 8.

It will be held from Kufa to Najaf and then at the shrines of Imam Hussein (AS) and Hazrat Abbas (AS) in Karbala, he noted.

The ceremony will be attended by the political officials of Iran and Iraq, Maan stated.

He said millions of Iraqis are also expected to take part in the procession.

Foreign delegations will also participate in this funeral, and necessary arrangements have been made for the presence of Iraqi Moukebs to serve the mourners, he went on to say.

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Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei was martyred in a US-Israeli attack on his office in Tehran on February 28, 2026.

His body will be laid to rest at the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad next Thursday.

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