{"id":192190,"date":"2026-07-06T07:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/192190\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T07:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:19:17","slug":"ali-khameneis-coffin-carried-through-the-streets-of-tehran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/192190\/","title":{"rendered":"Ali Khamenei&#8217;s coffin carried through the streets of Tehran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Iran began the funeral procession for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Monday, with large crowds lining the streets as his flag-draped coffin was carried through the capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The video shows mourners weeping, reaching towards the truck carrying the coffins and throwing scarves and pieces of fabric to be touched against them, a gesture widely seen as a blessing. The procession marks the start of a journey that will take the remains through several cities in Iran and neighbouring Iraq.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The funeral followed a two-day farewell ceremony at Tehran&#8217;s Grand Mosalla, where hundreds of thousands gathered to pay their respects. Many chanted anti-Israel and anti-US slogans, while banners called for revenge over the airstrike that killed Khamenei and members of his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The ceremonies also serve as an early test of public support for Iran&#8217;s leadership following the appointment of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as the country&#8217;s new supreme leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran began the funeral procession for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Monday, with large&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[89,57285,46624,34,2289,69],"class_list":["post-192190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tehran","tag-ayatollah-ali-khamenei","tag-flag-draped-coffin","tag-funeral-procession","tag-iran","tag-mojtaba-khamenei","tag-tehran"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116871821015140254","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192190","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=192190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}