Shafaq News- Najaf
Funeral prayers were held on Wednesday at the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf for Iran's late Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, marking the conclusion of the funeral ceremonies in the Iraqi city before his body is transferred to Karbala.
The prayers were led by seminary scholar Mohammad Taqi Al-Hakim and attended by senior officials, religious figures, and large crowds.
Preparations are now underway to transport Khamenei's body to Karbala, where a public funeral procession is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. local time from the shrines of Imam Hussein and al-Abbas. The procession will reunite his body with those of family members killed in the US strikes in late February.
The funeral procession in Najaf earlier today under tight security, while the organizing committee estimated total attendance at more than two million people. Around 4,300 Iraqi and foreign journalists were accredited to cover the event.
