· Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was buried at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran's holiest Shia site.
· The burial concluded six days of funeral ceremonies held across five cities in Iran and Iraq.
· Iran's state news agency IRNA reported the burial.
· Large crowds attended the burial procession in Mashhad.
· Khamenei was killed on 28 February 2026 in an Israeli strike on his residence in Tehran during the opening of the Iran-US-Israel war.
· Several members of his family were also killed in the strike.
· Mojtaba Khamenei succeeded his father as Iran's Supreme Leader.
· Mojtaba Khamenei has not appeared publicly since reportedly being seriously wounded in the same attack.
· The coffins were flown from Iraq to Mashhad after funeral ceremonies in Najaf and Karbala.
· Mourners carried Iranian flags, photos of Khamenei, and red banners symbolizing vengeance.
· Some demonstrators displayed signs calling for the deaths of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
· Khamenei's coffin was transported through Mashhad to the Imam Reza shrine.
· Khamenei was born in Mashhad.
· He became Iran's Supreme Leader in 1989 after the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
· He served as Supreme Leader for 37 years.
· During his rule, he maintained control over Iran's political system and armed forces.
· His government suppressed domestic opposition.
· He maintained a hardline policy toward the United States and Israel.
· Iran's leadership used the funeral ceremonies to project national unity following the war and domestic unrest.
· Iran's Revolutionary Guards accused the United States of bombing two railway bridges between Tehran and Mashhad during the funeral period.
· The United States stated its strikes were intended to reduce Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
· Iran said it responded by attacking U.S. military facilities and infrastructure in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar.
· Three weeks earlier, Iran and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding calling for a ceasefire, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, sanctions, and a permanent truce.
· Qatar mediated indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States in Doha.
· President Donald Trump later stated he believed the memorandum of understanding was "over." ← Back to Fiveo1