On July 1, Iranian state media announced that the state funeral for late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will begin in Tehran on July 4, with the body to be buried in his hometown of Mashhad on July 9.
The funeral was originally planned for March but was postponed due to the war. Under the new schedule, the state funeral will span three days in Tehran starting July 4, followed by a ceremony in the holy city of Qom on July 7.
The start of the state mourning coincides with the U.S. Independence Day.
Khamenei, 86, was killed in a joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike on his residence in February.
Khamenei had led Iran since 1989, following the death of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who led the Islamic Revolution a decade earlier. While Khomeini was the ideological force behind the revolution that ended the Pahlavi monarchy, Khamenei shaped Iran's military and paramilitary apparatus.
His successor, son Mojtaba Khamenei, has remained largely out of public view since the U.S.-Israeli war began. Earlier this month, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Mojtaba Khamenei appears to be taking a more active role as negotiations between the two countries continue following the April 8 ceasefire.
