Millions gather in Tehran for funeral procession of martyred leader
The funeral procession for the martyred Leader along with his daughter, Martyr Bushra Hosseini Khamenei; his son-in-law, Martyr Mesbah al-Hoda Bagheri; his daughter-in-law, Martyr Zahra Haddad-Adel; and his granddaughter, Martyr Zahra Mohammadi Golpayegani, began in the capital of Iran on Monday morning.
The route of the ceremony begins from Damavand Street in eastern Tehran and, after passing through Enqelab and Azadi streets, both located in central Tehran, will continue along Lashkari Highway up to Iran-Khodro Boulevard in western Tehran.
Meanwhile, according to on-the-ground reports from IRNA correspondents, subway stations close to the funeral procession route are teeming with mourners.
Earlier on Sunday morning, Ayatollah Ja’far Sobhani led the funeral prayers at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla. The sacred body of the martyred Leader will be laid to rest in the holy city of Mashhad after funeral ceremonies in Tehran, Qom, and the Iraqi holy cities of Najaf and Karbala.
Ayatollah Khamenei and several members of his household were martyred in terrorist attacks launched by American and Israeli regimes as part of their unprovoked war of aggression against Iran.a
