Iran, Khamenei’s coffin returns from Iraq for burial ceremony

Rome, July 9 (LaPresse) – Ali Khamenei’s coffin is being transported from Iraq to Iran. According to the Mehr news agency – cited by Al Jazeera – the coffin of the former supreme leader is being transported from Najaf in Iraq to Mashhad in Iran, where the burial is scheduled to take place today. The transfer is the latest of the funeral ceremonies that have taken place over six days in Iran and Iraq, including the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala. Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani, head of Khamenei’s office, said that the late leader had requested to be buried in Mashhad, near the Imam Reza shrine.