Mourners continue to gather as night falls on first day of Iranian supreme leader's funeral

Name: Mourners continue to gather as night falls on first day of Iranian supreme leader's funeral
Uploaded: 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
Description: (4 Jul 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: NO USE BY ISRAELI MEDIA, PERSIAN-LANGUAGE TV STATIONS BASED OUTSIDE IRAN, BBC PERSIAN, VOA PERSIAN, MANOTO TV, OR IRAN INTERNATIONAL TV ++THE

(4 Jul 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: NO USE BY ISRAELI MEDIA, PERSIAN-LANGUAGE TV STATIONS BASED OUTSIDE IRAN, BBC PERSIAN, VOA PERSIAN, MANOTO TV, OR IRAN INTERNATIONAL TV ++THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS COMPLYING WITH IRANIAN LAW, WHICH PROHIBITS ALL MEDIA ORGANISATIONS FROM PROVIDING ANY COVERAGE FROM IRAN TO ISRAELI MEDIA, PERSIAN-LANGUAGE TV STATIONS BASED OUTSIDE IRAN, BBC PERSIAN, VOA PERSIAN, MANOTO TV, OR IRAN INTERNATIONAL TV. UNDER THIS LAW, ANY MEDIA ORGANISATION FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION MAY HAVE ITS OPERATIONS IN TEHRAN IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN BY THE IRANIAN AUTHORITIES.++ ASSOCIATED PRESS – NO USE BY ISRAELI MEDIA, PERSIAN-LANGUAGE TV STATIONS BASED OUTSIDE IRAN, BBC PERSIAN, VOA PERSIAN, MANOTO TV, OR IRAN INTERNATIONAL TV Tehran, Iran – 4 July 2026 1. Wide of mourners gathered at Tehran's Grand Mosallah, large poster of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in background 2. Close of poster of Khamenei 3. Various of mourners 4. Man writing on graffiti wall 5. Mid of man holding sign reading (English): "Revenge" 6. Poster of Khamenei 7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nidal Al Borei, mourner from Gaza: "The absence of Imam Khamenei came as a shock for all the lovers of Iran and the resistance. We thought that we had been defeated, but when the successor of Imam Khamenei was elected, we realized that this nation - even if its leader had been martyred - would be led by thousands more. It will continue to rise, endure and confront the Great Satan, America." 8. Wide of Tehran's Grand Mosallah courtyard filled with mourners ++NIGHT SHOT++ 9. Various of mourners ++NIGHT SHOTS++ STORYLINE: Crowds of mourners continued to visit Tehran's Grand Mosalla on Saturday, the first day of a dayslong funeral ceremony for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The funeral for Khamenei, who ruled Iran for decades before he was killed at age 86 in a February 28 airstrike in the opening moments of the Iran war, could provide a boost for the country's theocracy and its new supreme leader, his son Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. The caskets of Khamenei and several of his family members, who were also killed in the strike, were laid out inside the vast prayer complex as mourners paid their respects. Some visitors wrote anti-U.S. and anti-Israel slogans on a black graffiti wall, while others held banners and flags. Among the mourners was Nidal Al Borei from Gaza, who said Khamenei's death "came as a shock". "We thought that we had been defeated, but when the successor of Imam Khamenei was elected, we realized that this nation - even if its leader had been martyred - would be led by thousands more," he said. AP video shot by: Bassam Hatoum =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: [email protected]. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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