What’s on the schedule for the coming days of Khamenei’s funeral

The third day of the public funeral for Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is underway in Tehran, following a commemoration that began Friday with his coffin on display. The six-day proceedings are set to culminate with his burial at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, his birthplace.

Monday, July 6, is expected to host the largest crowds, with the main procession and funeral prayers covering a 10-kilometer route from Imam Hossein Square to Azadi Square in the capital. The following day, July 7, prayers will be held at the Jamkaran Mosque in Qom, a significant holy city south of Tehran, with a potential funeral procession if conditions permit.

A significant part of the funeral will involve transporting Khamenei's body to Iraq on July 8. The regime intends to showcase its revolutionary ideology's reach by holding an official reception in Najaf, attended by Iraq's prime minister and other officials, before the cortege proceeds to the Imam Ali Shrine. The journey will continue by helicopter to the Shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala before returning to Iran.