Overview
- Iran begins public funerals on Saturday July 4 after closed official homages in Tehran, starting a six‑ to seven‑day program that will end with burial in Mashhad on July 9.
- The state has imposed unprecedented security: a 1.5 km perimeter around Mosalla, flight and airspace limits, large IRGC and Basij deployments, and a national maximum alert for the armed forces.
- Senior Iranian commanders warned the United States and Israel of “harsh reprisals” for any attack during the ceremonies, raising regional tensions even as a fragile ceasefire and technical talks with Washington continue.
- Dozens of foreign delegations attended the closed Tehran rites, including leaders from Pakistan, Georgia and China, while Mojtaba Jamenei, named supreme leader in March, has not appeared publicly and his participation remains unconfirmed.
- The state frames the delayed funeral as both religious rite and a show of unity after the February 28 strikes that killed Jamenei and relatives, with processions through Qom, Najaf and Karbala before the burial in Mashhad and wide disruption expected to travel and daily life.