{"id":38668,"date":"2026-07-03T08:27:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T06:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38668"},"modified":"2026-07-03T08:27:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T06:27:26","slug":"iran-prepares-mass-funeral-for-khamenei","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/iran-prepares-mass-funeral-for-khamenei\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran prepares mass funeral for Khamenei"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Iran&#8217;s clerics are preparing days of mass funeral rites for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Iran&#8217;s former supreme leader was killed by United States (US) and Israeli strikes on February 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Several members of his family were also killed in the attack. The funeral events will begin over the weekend in Tehran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Mass processions are planned next week in Qom and Mashhad and ceremonies in Iraq.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Millions of mourners are expected to attend, including international delegates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">During his recent visit to South Africa, Iran&#8217;s Deputy Foreign Minister, Doctor Saeed Khatibzadeh, said despite the heavy losses suffered during the war, Iran would continue to defend itself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38596,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-38668","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Ayatollah Ali Khamenei mass funeral","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38669,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38668\/revisions\/38669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=38668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}