Ayatollah-Ali-Khamenei

Months after his death, public sentiment surrounding Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei remains strong. Millions attended memorial and farewell ceremonies held across the country. From the capital, Tehran, to Qom and Mashhad, scenes of mourning, tribute, and vast crowds unfolded. Many mourners carried red flags, widely recognized as symbols of resistance and retribution. According to observers, the mass gatherings were not merely a tribute to a national leader. They also served...

Millions wept as Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei was laid to rest in the holy city of Mashhad amid full state and military honors. His burial beside the shrine of Imam Reza (PBUH), the eighth Imam of Shia Islam, marked the close of what the author describes as one of the longest, most influential, and most consequential political eras of modern history. Following what Iran describes as his martyrdom in the February 28 US-Israeli attack, grief spread across cities and towns throughout the...

The body of Iran's former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been brought to the holy city of Qom. Qatar-based media outlet Al Jazeera confirmed this information, citing state television. A mourning procession is scheduled to take place in the holy city of Qom today, Tuesday.Images broadcast on state television showed a helicopter carrying Khamenei's body landing in the city, located south of the capital, Tehran.Earlier, for the third consecutive day, hundreds of thousands of mourning I...

The first day of the final farewell ceremony for martyred leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla was marked by deep grief, emotion, and pledges of resistance. In the presence of millions of mourners, chants of ‘Inteqam, Inteqam’ (Revenge, Revenge) repeatedly echoed throughout the venue. At one point, the crowd chanted in unison, ‘Marg Bar Amrika’ (Death to America), ‘Marg Bar Israel’ (Death to Israel), and ‘Labbaik Ya Khamenei’ (O Khamenei, we are ready f...

Iran’s late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was not only a prominent figure in Iran but also an influential political and religious personality in Iraq, particularly among Iraq’s Shia community, according to Paul Musgrave, an associate professor at Georgetown University in Qatar. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Musgrave said Iraq’s Shia Muslims form the majority of the population and that Khamenei maintained long-standing religious, political, and ideological ties with the com...