Khamenei’s ‘target-rich’ funeral is Iran’s biggest security gamble, sends message to US: expert

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funerals will take place next month.

State-orchestrated messages and banners have cast the commanders as eschatological figures and “end-times companions” of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad whose death more than 1,300 years ago has become a fundamental tenet in Shia Islam’s emphasis on “martyrdom” and resistance to injustice.

The funeral for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is scheduled to begin here on July 4, Iranian media reported Saturday.

The funeral, burial and farewell events for Khamenei will take place between July 4 and 9 during Muharram, a traditional period of mourning in the Shiite Muslim calendar.