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Iran Escorts Supreme Leader Khamenei's Coffin with Fighter Jet Amid Tense Security

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First reported by Now 14 · 1 day ago

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Iran buries assassinated Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Mashhad amid heavy security and massive public mourning, with an old fighter jet escorting his coffin. The burial follows months of delay due to conflict and recent US airstrikes on Iran. Khamenei's son and successor remains absent from public view due to injuries from the attack that killed Khamenei and family members.

01Iran buries assassinated Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Mashhad after months of delay.
02An old Iranian fighter jet escorted the cargo plane carrying Khamenei's coffin and family bodies.
03Authorities expect about 15 million attendees amid heavy security and anti-Western chants.
04Khamenei was killed in a US-Israeli airstrike on February 28, which also killed close family members.
05His son Mojtaba, appointed successor, remains absent due to severe injuries from the attack.
06Recent US airstrikes on Iran followed damage to ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

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