{"id":191270,"date":"2026-07-05T15:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/191270\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T15:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:13:13","slug":"massive-crowds-gather-for-khameneis-funeral-prayers-in-tehran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/191270\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Crowds Gather for Khamenei&#8217;s Funeral Prayers in Tehran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arabic version: <a href=\"https:\/\/ozarab.media\/%d8%ad%d8%b4%d9%88%d8%af-%d8%b6%d8%ae%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%aa%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9-%d9%84%d8%b5%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%a9-%d8%ac%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%b2%d8%a9-%d8%ae%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%86%d8%a6%d9%8a-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%b7\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u062d\u0634\u0648\u062f \u0636\u062e\u0645\u0629 \u062a\u062a\u062c\u0645\u0639 \u0644\u0635\u0644\u0627\u0629 \u062c\u0646\u0627\u0632\u0629 \u062e\u0627\u0645\u0646\u0626\u064a \u0641\u064a \u0637\u0647\u0631\u0627\u0646<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Millions of people have attended funeral prayers in Tehran for Iran\u2019s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a joint US-Israeli strike on February 28. Aerial video reveals the scale of the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The funeral prayers took place against a backdrop of significant national mourning. Khamenei\u2019s death marks a pivotal moment in Iran\u2019s leadership and political landscape, prompting a large turnout from various sectors of society.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/7\/5\/millions-attend-funeral-prayers-for-irans-khamenei-and-family?traffic_source=rss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Al Jazeera<\/a>, the event has drawn millions, showcasing the late leader\u2019s influence and the public\u2019s response to his passing.<\/p>\n<p>The gathering reflects both a tribute to Khamenei\u2019s legacy and the ongoing complexities within Iranian politics following his death. Observers note that this moment may shape the future direction of the country as it navigates the aftermath of his leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arabic version: \u062d\u0634\u0648\u062f \u0636\u062e\u0645\u0629 \u062a\u062a\u062c\u0645\u0639 \u0644\u0635\u0644\u0627\u0629 \u062c\u0646\u0627\u0632\u0629 \u062e\u0627\u0645\u0646\u0626\u064a \u0641\u064a \u0637\u0647\u0631\u0627\u0646 Millions of people have attended funeral prayers in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[22437,1960,34,90,35089,69],"class_list":["post-191270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tehran","tag-crowds","tag-funeral","tag-iran","tag-khamenei","tag-prayers","tag-tehran"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116868022850883499","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}