The third day of the public funeral for Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is underway in the country’s capital.
The commemoration began on Friday, when Khamenei’s coffin was put on display in Tehran.
Here’s a look at the remaining plans for the six-day proceedings:
- July 6 — Monday’s events are expected to draw the largest crowds yet in Tehran. The late ayatollah’s main procession, which includes funeral prayers, will follow the 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) distance from Imam Hossein Square to Azadi Square.
- July 7 — Prayers will be held at the Jamkaran Mosque in Qom, an important holy city about 150 kilometers (93.2 miles) south of Tehran. A funeral procession may also be held here, if conditions allow.
- July 8 — Khamenei’s body will be transported to the Iraqi city of Najaf, as the regime seeks to show its revolutionary ideology can still transcend its borders. There will be an official reception attended by Iraq’s prime minister, senior government officials and religious leaders before the cortege travels to the Imam Ali Shrine, an important pilgrimage site for Shiite Muslims. Afterward, the body will be taken by helicopter to the Shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala, about 80 kilometers (49.7 miles) away, before flying back to Iran.
- July 9 — Khamenei will be buried at the Imam Reza shrine, one of Shiite Islam’s holiest sites, in Mashhad, the town where he was born.
