- The coffin of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrived in Najaf today, where Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and senior officials received it.
- Najaf — one of Shi'ite Islam’s most sacred cities — is hosting mass public mourning and a large procession after the funeral ceremonies that began in Iran.
- Ceremonies, with tightened security and big crowds, are part of a state-organized sequence of processions from Tehran to Qom, Najaf and Karbala before the coffin returns to Mashhad for burial.
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