IRNA: Funeral prayers offered to Khamenei and family members, bodies shifted to 'designated site'

Middle East Eye · July 5, 2026 Politics

IRNA: Funeral prayers offered to Khamenei and family members, bodies shifted to 'designated site' Hundreds of thousands of Iranians offered funeral prayers for the former supreme leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. IRNA reported that Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi, Commander-in-Chief of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who made his first public appearance on Friday after months of absence from the public eye, was among those who offered the prayers. IRNA reported that the funeral prayer has concluded, and the bodies of the supreme leader and his family have been transferred to their designated site.

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