Key facts
- The body of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has arrived in Qom.
- Khamenei was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on February 28.
- Funeral ceremonies are scheduled to continue in Qom on Tuesday before moving to Najaf and Karbala in Iraq.
- Thousands of mourners gathered in Tehran for Khamenei's funeral procession on Monday.
- OPEC+ agreed to raise oil production targets by 188,000 barrels per day from August.
The body of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrived in the holy city of Qom on Monday, July 6, 2026, marking the next stage of a week-long funeral procession. Khamenei was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on February 28. State broadcaster IRIB shared footage of a helicopter carrying his body over Jamkaran Mosque in Qom province.
Thousands of mourners gathered in Tehran on Monday for funeral prayers and procession, with crowds chanting slogans against the United States and Israel. Khamenei's sons Mostafa, Meysam, and Masoud, along with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, attended the ceremony. His successor, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, remained absent due to security concerns.
The funeral ceremonies are scheduled to continue in Qom on Tuesday before moving to the Iraqi holy cities of Najaf and Karbala for further commemorations. Khamenei is expected to be laid to rest on Thursday in Mashhad.
The developments occur as Iran prepares to resume indirect negotiations with the United States under a ceasefire agreement that ended months of war. Separately, OPEC+ agreed to raise oil production targets by 188,000 barrels per day from August, citing easing supply concerns from the gradual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
In other regional news, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar accused Hamas of attempting to avoid disarmament with its announcement of dissolving its governing administration in Gaza. Israeli forces also conducted an air strike on a vehicle in southern Lebanon that killed four suspects approaching Israel's buffer zone.