(FILES) Schoolgirls display a poster of slain Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an anti-US and Israeli demonstration in Baghdad on March 12, 2026. Iran's slain former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who ruled Iran for nearly 37 years before being killed by Israeli and US airstrikes on February 28, will be buried on July 9, state television reported June 13, 2026. The burial in his hometown, the northeastern holy city of Mashhad, initially scheduled for March but postponed due to the war, will follow three days of funeral ceremonies in capital Tehran beginning July 4 and another in the holy city of Qom on July 7, it said. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)