Huge crowds, estimated at 3-4 million people, filled the streets leading to the Jamkaran mosque in the holy city of Qom, today, to participate in the funeral procession and prayer service for the late leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. According to Iranian social media postings, the mosque was already packed with mourners at 1:30 AM for a prayer service that wasn’t scheduled to begin until 7 AM.
The funeral prayer was attended by a massive crowd of mourners, scholars, seminary students, officials, senior military commanders, and other prominent figures, reported IRNA. Following the prayers, the funeral procession was set to move from Jamkaran Mosque to the shrine of Hazrat Fatemeh Masoumeh (PBUH), a holy Shia site located in Qom.
The Middle East Spectator posted the following firsthand observation from Qom on a Telegram channel at about 2:30 AM local time:
“— I can’t describe what is happening, I don’t know how to explain to people how truly insane this funeral is. It’s the awakening of an entire nation.
