Iran held a public farewell ceremony for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran on July 4, 2026. The event was attended by delegations from allied groups including Hezbollah, Hamas, and Houthi rebels, as well as families of killed members. Khamenei was killed in an Israeli-U.S. airstrike on February 28, 2026, at age 86, along with several family members and top officials, triggering the Middle East war. The ceremony saw crowds gather to pay respects, with slogans shouted by attendees. Foreign media in Iran operate under Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance guidelines. The attendance of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders underscores Iran's support for these groups, which are designated terrorist organizations by the U.S. and Western nations. The event also recalled the July 2024 killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran by an Israeli operation.
People attend a public farewell ceremony to pay their respects to late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran on July 4, 2026.
Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results. Tehran has for years provided support to Palestinian Hamas, Lebanon's Hezbollah and Yemen's Houthi rebels - all designated terrorist groups by the United States and other Western nations, makingThe Hezbollah delegation to Tehran was headed by senior official and former minister Mohammed Fneish, and included officials and families of killed and wounded members, the group told Lebanese media.
Hamas, meanwhile, said in a statement that its delegation was led by the head of its political bureau, Mohammed Darwish, and included other bureau members such as Bassem Naim. A girl shouts slogans during a public farewell ceremony for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes, at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, in Tehran, Iran July 4, 2026.
REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis Foreign media in Iran operate under guidelines set by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, which regulates press activity and permissions In July 2024, Ismail Haniyeh, then the political leader of Hamas, was killed in his accommodation in Tehran in an Israeli operation after he attended the inauguration ceremony for Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Also attending Saturday's ceremonies in Tehran were Ziyad al-Nakhalah, the leader of the Palestinian militant group and Hamas ally Islamic Jihad, and senior Houthi member Dhaif Allah al-Shami, state TV reported.from 1989 and was killed aged 86 along with several members of his family and top officials in a US-Israeli strike on Feb 28, triggering the war in the Middle East.
On Saturday, crowds of people gathered at the Grand Mosalla religious complex in the Iranian capital to bid farewell to the late supreme leader who had the final say in major state policies during his tenure.
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