The body of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, arrived at Najaf International Airport in Iraq on Tuesday night, Iraqi state media reported, ahead of funeral processions in the country’s holy cities, home to the most revered shrines for Shia Muslims.
Iraqi state TV broadcast the arrival of the Mahan Air flight that brought Khamenei’s coffin to Najaf airport, where Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and senior Iraqi officials, including Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, were there to receive the remains of the late supreme leader who was killed on the first day of the Middle East war.
