Iran holds ceremony to honor martyred Leader 40 days after his burial
Thousands of Iranians from all walks of life gathered at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla to pay their respects for the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on the 40th day after his burial.
A significant number of government and military officials as well as Ayatollah Khamenei’s three sons took part in the ceremony.
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref, Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei and the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Quds Force Esmail Qaani were among the officials who attended the ceremony.
Waiving Iran’s flags and flags decorated with the images of the martyrs of the recent US-Israeli aggression, participants chanted slogans to honor the memory of the martyred leader and emphasize the continuation of the path of the martyrs and resistance against the enemies.
They also called for revenge for the “blood of the martyrs”.
Similar ceremonies will also take place at the holy city of Qom on August 19, and at the shrine of Imam Reza (PBUH) in Mashhad the following day.
The body of the martyred Leader was laid to rest next to the holy shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad on July 10, after days of massive farewell and funeral ceremonies in Tehran, Qom, as well as the Iraqi holy shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala.
The body was received by a massive crowd from across Iran and dozens of countries when it arrived in Mashhad.
Millions of mourners brought several days of nationwide mourning to their climax in Mashhad, as the final farewell ceremony for the martyred Leader concluded at the holy mausoleum of Imam Reza.
Ayatollah Khamenei was assassinated in a joint US-Israeli strike on Tehran on February 28, 2026, at the outset of a 40-day unprovoked war of aggression against Iran.
Qalibaf vowed that the Islamic Republic will not let the blood of the martyred Leader and other martyrs of unprovoked American-Israeli aggression against the nation “go unavenged.”