{"id":21918,"date":"2026-06-14T04:24:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T04:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=21918"},"modified":"2026-06-14T04:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T04:24:42","slug":"funeral-ceremonies-for-former-iranian-supreme-leader-to-begin-on-july-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/06\/14\/funeral-ceremonies-for-former-iranian-supreme-leader-to-begin-on-july-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Funeral ceremonies for former Iranian Supreme Leader to begin on July 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Iranian state media have reported that funeral ceremonies for former religious leader Ali Khamenei will begin on July 4 in Tehran and conclude on July 9 with burial ceremonies in his hometown of Mashhad.<br>According to reports, special commemorative events will also be held on July 7 in the city of Qom as part of the funeral proceedings.<br>The ceremonies are being held more than 100 days after his reported death, with sources saying that wartime conditions and security concerns delayed the burial process.<br>Khamenei, who led the Islamic Republic of Iran for 36 years, was reportedly targeted in joint U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on February 28 of this year.<br>Iranian officials expect a large number of religious and political figures from across the country and abroad to attend the funeral ceremonies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Iranian state media have reported that funeral ceremonies for former religious leader Ali Khamenei will begin on July 4 in Tehran and conclude on July 9 with burial ceremonies in his hometown of Mashhad.According to reports, special commemorative events will also be held on July 7 in the city of Qom as part of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21922,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21918\/revisions\/21922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}