Presence at Imam Khomeini Mosalla

A farewell ceremony for Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, was held at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Prayer Ground. Large crowds gathered at the venue, and published images from the prayer ground's entrance gates showed significant congestion of attendees. On the margins of the ceremony, a "wall of heartfelt messages" was set up where participants wrote their messages. Domestic media provided extensive coverage of this event, describing it in terms such as "national and international unity" and "farewell epic."

• The body of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei was placed at the Imam Khomeini Prayer Ground in Tehran, and people gathered at the location to pay their respects.
• Iran's state broadcaster IRIB named this event the "farewell epic with Iran's martyr" and "the nation's roar."
• Mehr News Agency emphasized "the manifestation of national and international unity" in its coverage of the ceremony, referring to the presence of representatives or messengers from outside Iran.
• The Atashneh tribe from Khuzestan Province was present at the prayer ground with a flag bearing the title "blood vengeance"; this news was covered by IRIB.
• Images published from the prayer ground's entrance gates, which were covered by Mizan News Agency, showed the state of crowd congestion at entry points.
• Khabar Online published an image titled "wall of heartfelt messages" from the margins of the prayer ground event, showing that a space had been prepared for recording personal messages from attendees.
• IRIB covered the ceremony in two separate reports titled "fervent presence of mourning people."
• Khabar Online published live images ("now") from inside the prayer ground and followed the event moment-by-moment.
• The Telegram channel "Entekhab" also reposted images from Tehran's prayer ground citing IRNA news agency.
• On the same day (July 4, 2026), Khabar Online, alongside its ceremony coverage, also published unrelated content about car prices, which has been included in the list of this news outlet's coverage.. Coverage difference: Media outlets affiliated with official institutions, including IRIB and Mehr News Agency, presented an epic and emotional narrative of the event using titles such as "epic," "the nation's roar," and "national and international unity," emphasizing its symbolic and political dimensions. Khabar Online and Mizan News Agency took a more visual and reportorial approach, covering field details such as the state of entrance gates and the wall of heartfelt messages. Overall, none of the available sources provided precise crowd statistics or details of the ceremony's formal program, and the main difference between sources lies not in the narrative of events but in the choice of tone and framing of the news.