- Title: Symbolic funeral procession held for Iran's Khamenei in Najaf, Iraq
- Date: 4th March 2026
- Summary: NAJAF, IRAQ (MARCH 3, 2026) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CARRYING A SYMBOLIC COFFIN OF ALI KHAMENEI AND IRANIAN FLAGS VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING PICTURES OF KHAMENEI AND IRANIAN AND HEZBOLLAH FLAGS VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CARRYING THE SYMBOLIC COFFIN AND IRANIAN FLAGS INSIDE SHRINE OF IMAM ALI (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DEMONSTRATION PARTICIPANT, AHMED DHARGHAM, SAYING: “It
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- Keywords: ali khamenei birthplace coffin demonstration funeral iran iraq najaf protest symbolic funeral
- Location: NAJAF, IRAQ
- City: NAJAF, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001059403032026RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hundreds of residents of Najaf in Iraq held a symbolic funeral for Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday (March 3) to express their grief and condemnation of what the United States and Israel had done.
The demonstrators denounced the aggression and raised slogans condemning America and Israel over the killing of Ali Khamenei by Israeli and U.S. airstrikes, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran.
“It is a symbolic funeral which we consider a condemnation of the forces of tyranny, imperialism, and the Americans, so that they can see: even if you killed him, he remains in our hearts and our consciences,” said a participant in the demonstration.
The killing of Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes over the weekend has sent shockwaves through Iran and the broader Shiite Muslim world, fuelling concerns of a wider backlash across the Middle East and beyond.
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