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Iran delays state funeral for Ayatollah Khamenei hours before three-day ceremony was due to begin at Tehran grand mosque as Israel and US continue to pound the city
Daily Mail ^ | 04 Mar 2026 | 26 By ELIANA SILVER, SENIOR FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER

Posted on 03/04/2026 5:22:05 AM PST by Mr. Mojo

A three-day state funeral for Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has been 'postponed' hours before it was due to begin, Iranian state media reports.

The ceremony was supposed to unfold this evening at the grand mosque in Tehran but, with Israeli and American strikes continuing to pound the city, will now be rearranged.

Organisers claimed it was delayed 'in anticipation of unprecedented turnout', and reportedly want to wait until the necessary infrastructure is in place.

Iranian TV reported: 'The farewell ceremony for the martyred Imam has been postponed. The new date will be announced later.'

Hojjatoleslam Mahmoudi, head of Iran’s Islamic Propagation Council, earlier announced there would be a three-day farewell ceremony followed by a funeral procession.

The official said the public will be able to pay their respects to the body of late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Prayer Hall starting at 10pm (6:30pm UK time).

'The Mosalla (prayer hall) will be receiving visitors and the dear people can attend and take part in the farewell ceremony and mark a strong presence once again,' he said in comments carried by Iranian media.

An official 40-day mourning period, as well as a seven-day national holiday was announced in Iran in the wake of Khamenei's death.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Iran; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ayatollah; ayatollahkhamenei; dailyfail; elianasilver; funeral; iran; moab; tuckercarlson

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1 posted on 03/04/2026 5:22:05 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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2 posted on 03/04/2026 5:25:51 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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Yep, no one wants to attend THAT funeral…


3 posted on 03/04/2026 5:27:09 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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On the Daily Fail’s senior reporter...

https://www.responsesource.com/bulletin/news/eliana-silver-gokun-joins-the-daily-mail-as-senior-foreign-news-reporter/

Hmmmmm...


4 posted on 03/04/2026 5:29:39 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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High risk funeral.

Bring your own coffin.


5 posted on 03/04/2026 5:39:13 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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Referred to as a “target rich environment.”


6 posted on 03/04/2026 5:41:35 AM PST by Repeat Offender
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“martyred imam.” No bias there.


7 posted on 03/04/2026 5:44:54 AM PST by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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If those boy buggerers didn’t learn from the “Assembly of Experts”, they will definitely get what they deserve at this funeral. Inshallah!


8 posted on 03/04/2026 5:45:56 AM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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Looks like they figured it out...lol


9 posted on 03/04/2026 5:59:34 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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We should have hit the "grand mosque" too.

10 posted on 03/04/2026 6:00:22 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Magnum44

For obvious reasons.


11 posted on 03/04/2026 6:13:50 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: mewzilla
More to the point, this says much about the state of Brit media. She, a supposedly "senior foreign news reporter," is about 25-26 years old, and an American who moved to Scotland circa 2021 to study journalism. She's no "senior" anything, but probably was hired because of Tinder "visibility."

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A look to a variety of UK press "reporters" finds extremely young and inexperienced writers "reporting" from some computer keyboard to grind out text. The British media and so much of our legacy media here are filled with little real professionalism.

Your pun, "Dailt Fail," is apt.

12 posted on 03/04/2026 6:28:13 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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It should be a blast.


13 posted on 03/04/2026 6:29:57 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Col Frank Slade

Coffin? I think a small jar should do.


14 posted on 03/04/2026 6:30:49 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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Jeez, what were they thinking! Organizing a gathering of the top supporters of the regime in one place at the dead Ayatollah’s funeral so they can watch his remains bounce as bombs fall on them and his rotting carcass.


15 posted on 03/04/2026 6:45:29 AM PST by chuckee
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16 posted on 03/04/2026 6:47:31 AM PST by Iron Munro (When politicians say "FOR THE GREATER GOOD" it means good for them, bad for us)
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Coffin? I think a small jar should do.

There was a picture of his body in the ruins. If it is real, he likely died from crushing injuries from falling debris.

17 posted on 03/04/2026 6:55:18 AM PST by EVO X ( )
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So many little boys to French kiss, so little time. Kaboom.


18 posted on 03/04/2026 6:56:21 AM PST by healy61
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To: Mr. Mojo

“in anticipation of unprecedented turnout.” He wasn’t lying. The anticipated fireworks alone would be unprecedented.


19 posted on 03/04/2026 7:02:36 AM PST by lp boonie (Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment)
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