Death and funeral of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

Khamenei was finally buried on July 11, 2026, at the Shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad, more than four months after his death, following week-long funeral processions across Iran and Iraq, with his successor son Mojtaba notably absent from public ceremonies.

Iran conducted Khamenei's burial on July 10, 2026, at the Shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad, concluding a week-long funeral procession through multiple Iranian and Iraqi cities, while US-Iran tensions threatened a peace agreement negotiated three weeks prior.

A major funeral procession for Khamenei occurred in Tehran on July 7, 2026, with state media estimating millions of mourners along a 10-kilometer route, and took place amid ongoing Iran-U.S. negotiations following the February 28 war.

Iran held a six-day, five-city state funeral for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei following his death on 28 February 2026 in a US-Israeli airstrike on a Tehran government residence, with ceremonies concluding at his burial in Mashhad near the Imam Reza shrine.