Large crowds gather in Nasiriyah on Sunday to mourn the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Crowds rally in Nasiriyah, Basra after Khamenei killing
NASIRIYAH— Large crowds gathered in Nasiriyah on Sunday morning in a public mourning procession following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Participants raised Iranian flags and carried portraits of Khamenei and former Iranian Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini during the march.
Similar gatherings took place in Basra, where residents held a symbolic funeral procession after Khamenei’s killing. The march began at the Tarbiyah overpass and moved toward the University of Basra.
Participants expressed condemnation of Khamenei’s killing and denounced Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran.
Iranian state television officially announced the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, earlier on Sunday.
Earlier in the day, pro-Iran demonstrators also gathered near the bridge leading to the Green Zone in central Baghdad following the killing of Khamenei, chanting slogans against Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and his government, which they described as “agents.”
The Iraqi government separately declared three days of nationwide mourning and renewed its call for an immediate and unconditional halt to military operations in the region.