{"id":13878,"date":"2026-03-04T15:41:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13878"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:41:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:41:53","slug":"iran-postpones-khameneis-farewell-as-israel-threatens-to-kill-successor-israel-iran-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13878","title":{"rendered":"Iran postpones Khamenei\u2019s farewell as Israel threatens to kill successor | Israel-Iran conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">3 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A ceremony commemorating Iran\u2019s late leader Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran has been postponed, according to Iran\u2019s Tasnim news agency, days after he was assassinated along with family members in joint air strikes by Israel and the \u200cUnited States.<\/p>\n<p>The news agency quoted an official citing logistical issues for the delay, including requests from people in different provinces to attend the ceremony.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Funeral arrangements are ongoing and are expected to draw huge crowds, and, with them, the potential threat of US-Israeli attacks on a gathering of mass mourning.\u00a0 Some 10 million people attended Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini\u2019s funeral in 1989.<\/p>\n<p>The report comes hours after Hojjatoleslam Mahmoudi, head of Iran\u2019s \u2060Islamic Propagation Council, has initially said the farewell ceremony would start at 10pm (18:30 GMT) at Tehran\u2019s Imam Khomeini Prayer Hall and continue for three days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2060prayer hall will be \u2060receiving visitors and the dear people can attend and take part in the farewell ceremony and mark \u2060a strong presence once again,\u201d Mahmoudi said in comments \u2060carried by Iranian media.<\/p>\n<p>Khamenei was killed on Saturday, aged 86. He had been Iran\u2019s supreme leader since 1989, succeeding Khomeini, the founder of the post-shah Iran, who steered the country\u2019s 1979 revolution.<\/p>\n<p>The supreme leader holds ultimate authority over all branches of government, the military and the judiciary, while also acting as the country\u2019s spiritual leader.<\/p>\n<p>Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, a senior Iranian cleric who is a member of both the powerful Guardian Council and Assembly of Experts, said the country was close to choosing the late Khamenei\u2019s successor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Supreme Leader \u2060will be identified \u2060in the closest opportunity, we are close \u2060to a conclusion, \u2060however the \u2060situation in the country is a war situation,\u201d \u200cKhatami told state TV.<\/p>\n<p>The 88-member\u00a0Assembly of Experts is elected by the public every eight years. Candidates who run for the Assembly must first be vetted and approved by the Guardian Council, a powerful oversight body whose members are partly appointed by the supreme leader himself.<\/p>\n<p>A simple majority is sufficient to appoint the new supreme leader. As per Iran\u2019s constitution, the candidate must be a senior jurist with deep knowledge of jurisprudence in Shia Islam, as well as qualities such as political judgement, courage, and administrative capability.<\/p>\n<p>Khamenei\u2019s second son, Mojtaba Khamenei, is among the top contenders to succeed his father. Two Iranian sources cited by Reuters news agency said Mojtaba has survived US-Israeli attacks on the country.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened on Wednesday to assassinate any Iranian leader picked to succeed Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny leader selected by the Iranian terror regime to continue leading the plan for Israel\u2019s destruction, threatening the United States, the free world and countries in the region, and suppressing the Iranian people, will be a certain target for assassination, no matter his name or where he hides,\u201d Katz said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump on Tuesday publicly mused about the leadership he would like to see in Iran following Khamenei\u2019s assassination. During an Oval Office appearance, he said the \u201cworst-case scenario\u201d in Iran would be another leader unfriendly to US priorities.<\/p>\n<p>Luciano Zaccara, a research associate professor in Gulf politics at Qatar University, told Al Jazeera that Iran\u2019s political system has been prepared for the current situation, knowing that Khamenei\u2019s killing was a real possibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe structures remain, the line of power [and] the line of command remain in place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a03 mins info A ceremony commemorating Iran\u2019s late leader Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran has been postponed, according to Iran\u2019s Tasnim news agency, days after he was assassinated along with family members in joint air strikes by Israel and the \u200cUnited States. 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