Iran delays funeral of supreme leader over crowd concerns

Mar 4, 2026 | INVESTING

Iran postponed the funeral of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israeli airstrike last weekend, citing expectations of large crowds.
The three-day ceremony had been scheduled to start at 10pm local time at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla, a mosque in Tehran, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported on Wednesday.
State television later said the proceedings were being delayed “due to the expected unprecedented presence of mourners”, and a new time would be…

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