Overview
- Iranian officials announced in early June that they will hold three days of public farewell ceremonies in Tehran, Qom and Mashhad with a prolonged Tehran procession planned to last at least 24 hours.
- Authorities estimate between 15 million and 20 million mourners could attend the events and have mobilised municipal services and logistics to handle the expected scale.
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is in charge of security and coordination for the funerals, reflecting the state’s emphasis on crowd control and wartime safety.
- Officials and state-linked sources say Khamenei is expected to be buried near the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, with the IRGC and municipal statements pointing to a tentative date around June 21.
- Khamenei was killed on February 28 in US‑Israeli strikes that triggered a wider regional war and his successor, Mojtaba Khamenei, remains out of public view, adding political uncertainty to the planned ceremonies.