Motorists drive vehicles past a billboard depicting Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei kissing the slain Islamic revolutionary guards commander Qasem Soleimani near the shrine of Imam Hussein Iraq's holy city of Karbala, displayed on the facade of a building in Tehran on June 29, 2026. Iran had on June 23 announced three days of public holidays, from July 4 to 6, in the capital Tehran for late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral ceremonies, state television reported. He will finally be laid to rest on July 9 in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad, his birthplace. Khamenei was killed in a strike on the first day of the US-Israeli war against the Iran on February 28. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /