[[{"content_id":419068,"content_number":0,"portal_id":2,"lang_id":"en","content_title":"Martyred Leader’s funeral in Iraq will show solidarity between two nations: Senior cleric","content_rtitr":"","content_short_title":null,"content_summary":"Senior Iraqi cleric Ammar al-Hakim says the planned funeral processions for martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in Iraq would represent a public expression of solidarity between the Iraqi and Iranian nations.","content_summary_fill":1,"content_body":"In an interview with Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen network on Monday, Hakim, who also heads Iraq’s National Wisdom Movement political coalition, said the processions would allow Iraqis to demonstrate their support for the people of Iran, their suffering, and the martyred Leader.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAl-Hakim noted that the upcoming holding of funeral ceremonies for Ayatollah Khamenei at holy shrines in the cities of Najaf and Karbala is consistent with the martyred Leader’s wish.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe Iraqi cleric described Ayatollah Khamenei as “the Leader of a nation who was unjustly martyred," adding that his martyrdom prevented him from fulfilling a lifelong wish to visit the holy shrines, a wish, al-Hakim said, is to be realized only after his martyrdom.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHe called on Iraqis to participate in large numbers in the upcoming funeral processions as “a powerful message of solidarity.”\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAyatollah Khamenei led the Islamic Revolution from 1989 until his martyrdom at the age of 86 on February 28, the first day of the latest bout of the United States and the Israeli regime’s unprovoked aggression targeting the Islamic Republic.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nFollowing extensive farewell and funeral ceremonies in the Iranian capital Tehran and the north-central holy Iranian city of Qom, ceremonies are scheduled in the holy Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe final funeral ceremony is scheduled for July 9 in Ayatollah Khamenei's hometown of Mashhad, where he will be laid to rest at the shrine of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Shia Imam.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAl-Hakim hailed Iran’s leadership for its consistent observance of lofty principles from the founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, to the martyred Leader.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHe observed that Ayatollah Khamenei’s son and successor, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, would preserve the same principles.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n ‘Iraq-Iran ties deep-rooted’\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAddressing bilateral relations, al-Hakim described Iraq's relationship with the Islamic Republic as longstanding and deeply rooted, citing the two countries' 1,400-kilometer shared border as well as extensive cultural, social, economic, and demographic links.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAl-Hakim defined the relations as a "well-established shared destiny," saying that historical borders have not divided the two peoples or the tribes extending from the northern Iraqi Kurdistan Region to southern Iraq, many of whose members have relatives on both sides of the border.","content_html":"

In an interview with Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen network on Monday, Hakim, who also heads Iraq’s National Wisdom Movement political coalition, said the processions would allow Iraqis to demonstrate their support for the people of Iran, their suffering, and the martyred Leader.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Al-Hakim noted that the upcoming holding of funeral ceremonies for Ayatollah Khamenei at holy shrines in the cities of Najaf and Karbala is consistent with the martyred Leader’s wish.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The Iraqi cleric described Ayatollah Khamenei as “the Leader of a nation who was unjustly martyred," adding that his martyrdom prevented him from fulfilling a lifelong wish to visit the holy shrines, a wish, al-Hakim said, is to be realized only after his martyrdom.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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He called on Iraqis to participate in large numbers in the upcoming funeral processions as “a powerful message of solidarity.”<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Ayatollah Khamenei led the Islamic Revolution from 1989 until his martyrdom at the age of 86 on February 28, the first day of the latest bout of the United States and the Israeli regime’s unprovoked aggression targeting the Islamic Republic.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Following extensive farewell and funeral ceremonies in the Iranian capital Tehran and the north-central holy Iranian city of Qom, ceremonies are scheduled in the holy Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The final funeral ceremony is scheduled for July 9 in Ayatollah Khamenei's hometown of Mashhad, where he will be laid to rest at the shrine of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Shia Imam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Al-Hakim hailed Iran’s leadership for its consistent observance of lofty principles from the founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, to the martyred Leader.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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He observed that Ayatollah Khamenei’s son and successor, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, would preserve the same principles.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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 ‘Iraq-Iran ties deep-rooted’<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Addressing bilateral relations, al-Hakim described Iraq's relationship with the Islamic Republic as longstanding and deeply rooted, citing the two countries' 1,400-kilometer shared border as well as extensive cultural, social, economic, and demographic links.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Al-Hakim defined the relations as a "well-established shared destiny," saying that historical borders have not divided the two peoples or the tribes extending from the northern Iraqi Kurdistan Region to southern Iraq, many of whose members have relatives on both sides of the border.<\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_date_start":"2026-07-07 10:54:16","content_date_event":"2026-07-07 10:54:16","content_date_event_start":null,"content_date_event_end":null,"content_show_title_slider":1,"content_date_last_edit":"2026-07-07 10:58:54","content_date_register":"2026-07-07 10:58:54","content_columns":0,"content_show_img":1,"content_show_details":0,"content_show_related_img":0,"content_show_slider":1,"content_comment":1,"content_score":0,"tag_id":0,"score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"uid":43,"eid":0,"attach_title":"Martyred Leader’s funeral in Iraq will show solidarity between two nations: Senior cleric","attaches":[{"sizes":{"150":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202607\/572019_2548669264_150_84.webp","300":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202607\/572019_2548669264_300_168.webp","400":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202607\/572019_2548669264_400_224.webp","600":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202607\/572019_2548669264_600_337.webp","900":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202607\/572019_2548669264_900_505.webp","1200":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202607\/572019_2548669264_1000_561.jpg"},"ext":"jpg","file_media":1,"token":2548669264,"files":{"original":{"url":".\/file\/2\/attach\/202607\/572019_2548669264.jpg","width":1000,"height":561,"size":0}}}]}]]