Funeral Route for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Mashhad Announced

The funeral procession of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Mashhad will be held on the final route announced by the Reception and Funeral Command Headquarters, proceeding from Imam Reza Street toward the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza. This ceremony has been scheduled during the mourning period of Imam Hussein. Gholam-Hossein Mozaffari, Governor of Razavi Khorasan Province, announced the details of this ceremony at a press conference.

• The Reception and Funeral Command Headquarters for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Mashhad released its first announcement.
• The headquarters, while expressing condolences on the occasion of the mourning period of Imam Hussein, informed the nation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, pilgrims, and visitors to the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza about this ceremony.
• Gholam-Hossein Mozaffari, Governor of Razavi Khorasan Province, announced these details at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon.
• The final funeral route of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Mashhad has been set from Imam Reza Street toward the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza.
• Prayer over the body of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be held at the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza.
• The northern streets of the shrine will also have restrictions for this ceremony.
• The Governor of Razavi Khorasan Province delivered remarks at the provincial command headquarters press conference for organizing the funeral and farewell ceremony with the body of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.. Coverage difference: All media outlets emphasized the announcement of the final funeral route of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Mashhad and the role of the Governor of Razavi Khorasan Province in this announcement. In one of its coverages, Mehr News Agency referred to the first announcement of the Reception and Funeral Command Headquarters and also included the mourning period of Imam Hussein in its text. Fars and Hamshahri confined their coverage to merely the funeral route and the name of the governor.