Farewell Ceremony for Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi at Imam Khomeini Mosalla

A farewell ceremony for Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who has been referred to as "Iran's Martyr Leader," was held at Imam Khomeini's Prayer Ground in Tehran, with a significant number of people attending. According to published reports, the crowd present at the prayer ground and the surrounding routes was described as considerable, though no source provided an exact figure of attendees. The ceremony was accompanied by religious rituals including Quranic recitation, the recitation of the Prayer for Relief, and elegiac chanting, and was held as a public event with the participation of various groups.

• According to Misan News Agency and Breaking News Channel, the slogan "Labbayk Ya Khamenei" echoed throughout Imam Khomeini's Prayer Ground during the farewell ceremony.
• Eulogist Meysam Motiee performed elegiac chanting at the ceremony, and part of his performance with the theme "O God, protect the leader of the oppressed" was covered by IRIB News.
• The Prayer for Relief was recited at the ceremony, and Quranic recitation also formed part of the official program.
• According to IRNA, Shahid Beheshti Metro Station in Tehran was crowded with people heading to the prayer ground to attend the farewell ceremony.
• Along the route to the prayer ground, young people set up charitable donation booths to shine the shoes of pilgrims and attendees.
• Athletes from Khuzestan set up a booth titled "Farewell to Iran's Martyr Leader," which was covered by IRIB News Agency.
• Shargh Newspaper referred to this event as "Farewell ceremony with the revolution's martyr leader."
• Mashriq News referred to those present as the "nation" and to the deceased as "Iran's Martyr Imam," which shows a difference in terminology compared to other sources.
• IRNA used the hashtags " and " in its repeated reports, which have a mobilizing and inflammatory nature.
• The large presence of people at the prayer ground was reported by IRNA through the release of videos and images, but no independent or verified figures of attendee numbers were mentioned in any source.. Coverage difference: State media and government-aligned outlets such as IRNA, Misan News Agency, IRIB, and Mashriq News provided participatory and emotion-focused coverage by emphasizing titles such as "Iran's Martyr Leader," "Leader of the Oppressed," and "Martyr Imam," and employed inflammatory hashtags, whereas Shargh Newspaper reported the event with a more formal tone and relative distance. None of the available sources reflected critical perspectives, opposing voices, or alternative narratives of this event, which itself demonstrates complete one-sidedness across the spectrum of reporting sources.