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Photos published online by Iranian state media showed Gen. Ahmad Vahidi attending a meeting about the funeral of Khamenei, 86, then sitting alongside his casket as Iran\u2019s theocracy held a smaller service for him Thursday night near the supreme leader\u2019s former home in downtown Tehran.<\/p>\n

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Vahidi has become a major player in formulating\u00a0Iran\u2019s tough stance\u00a0in negotiating a possible permanent end to\u00a0the war\u00a0with the United States, experts say. He is believed to be part of a small clique in direct contact with Iran\u2019s new Supreme Leader\u00a0Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who remains in hiding after being reportedly wounded in the Feb. 28 Israeli strikes that killed his father, the elder Khamenei.<\/p>\n

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Vahidi himself hasn\u2019t been seen publicly since Feb. 8, weeks before the Iran war began. Israel killed top leaders in Iran\u2019s military and government during the war \u2014 and has threatened the life of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as well.<\/p>\n

Video published by Iranian state media showed the mourning ceremony for Khamenei near the husseiniyah at his compound in Tehran. An Israeli airstrike in the war\u2019s first moments killed Khamenei and some of his family members. State media said Khamenei\u2019s body sat within a coffin on a stage, with red tulips lined up in front of it. What appeared to be paper butterflies hung from the ceiling in front of it.<\/p>\n

The black-clad mourners, whom state media identified as coming from families of those who lost loved ones in the 12-day war in 2025 and the recent Iran war, threw scarves and other items for attendants to brush against the coffin, a common practice in Iran.<\/p>\n

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Later, state media showed images of Khamenei\u2019s casket draped by a red flag with white calligraphy reading \u201cYa Hussein,\u201d a Shiite expression in remembrance of the 7th-century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad\u2019s grandson. It had been flying over the\u00a0Imam Hussein golden-domed shrine\u00a0in Karbala, Iraq. The flag also traditionally symbolizes both the spilled blood of someone unjustly killed and a call for vengeance.<\/p>\n

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On Friday morning, security forces carried Khamenei\u2019s coffin, now draped in the Iranian flag, overhead by hand as it arrived at the Grand Mosalla in Tehran. Religious leaders, officials and foreign dignitaries walked past Khamenei\u2019s coffin, as well as others of his slain family, including his 14-month-old granddaughter, Zahra Mohammadi Golpayegani.<\/p>\n

Beginning Saturday, Iran will hold\u00a0a dayslong funeral\u00a0for Khamenei, and his body will be transported to cities in both Iran and neighboring Iraq. Authorities plan to shut down streets, airspace and daily life in Tehran as mourners commemorate the life of Khamenei, who led Iran for decades with an iron fist while confronting the West.<\/p>\n

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Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n

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