Iran media say 43 million people attended leader’s funeral ceremonies
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Iranian media reported that between 41 million and 43 million people took part in six days of funeral ceremonies for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
State-run Press TV described the events as “the largest procession the world has ever witnessed,” with ceremonies held across five cities: Tehran, Qom, Najaf, Karbala, and Mashhad.
The official public funeral began last Saturday at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla religious complex, where tens of thousands gathered as Khamenei’s coffin was put on display.
Representatives from Iran’s regional allies, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad from Gaza, Hezbollah from Lebanon, and the Houthis from Yemen, attended the ceremonies.
Khamenei was later buried at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran’s holiest Shia site, more than four months after he was killed in a US-‘Israeli’ strike on his compound in central Tehran.
