Overview
- Iran's state bodies announced a six‑day programme running from July 4 to July 9 with ceremonies in Tehran, a procession in Qom and burial at Mashhad's Imam Reza Shrine.
- Officials said the burial was postponed for months because of wartime security risks and deliberate timing with Muharram religious observances.
- The events will serve as a ritualized consolidation of power for Mojtaba Khamenei, who was declared Supreme Leader by the Assembly of Experts after his father's death in late February.
- State media and authorities expect massive turnout across the three cities and have ordered extensive security and logistical preparations, including deployment of elite units to manage crowds.
- Mediators, including Pakistan's prime minister, say a framework to halt hostilities is close to agreement and that the funerary timetable will unfold alongside talks over reopened shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and frozen Iranian assets.