Iran releases video of Khamenei's residence destroyed in strike

The footage was published on the late supreme leader's official website and shared by several pro-regime outlets, including the Revolutionary Guard-run Fars News Agency.

The roughly 50-second clip shows rubble scattered across the compound, warped support beams, and structural elements buried under mounds of dirt inside the Imam Khomeini Husseiniya, a prayer room attached to the supreme leader's official residence.

Satellite images of the damaged compound circulated shortly after the strike, but this marked the first footage from inside the site.

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Khamenei was killed on the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran. He died at age 86 in the strike on his compound, along with several family members, including his 14-month-old granddaughter.

Iranian state media has released what it calls the first footage showing damage to the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s compound in Tehran. Khamenei was killed on the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran. The video was released to coincide with his burial. pic.twitter.com/2U7TcY7hd5

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A multi-day funeral procession for Khamenei arrived in Iraq on Wednesday, with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and senior officials receiving the coffin at Najaf International Airport.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and senior Shia religious figures joined the reception in Najaf, a city holding special significance for Shia Muslims as the burial place of Imam Ali.

The procession began in Tehran and is set to continue to the shrine city of Karbala before returning to Iran for burial in Mashhad.