be buried
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The funeral, a days-long period of mourning, is set to end on Thursday, when Khamenei’s body will return from Iraq to be buried in the city of Mashhad, his birthplace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
They will end on Thursday, when Khamenei will be buried at the Imam Reza shrine in his home city of Mashhad, in north-eastern Iran.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The late ayatollah will be buried on Thursday in his birth city of Mashhad in eastern Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Khamenei was born on April 19, 1939, in the shrine city of Mashhad, where he later requested to be buried.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Adrastus, the only one alive of the seven who had started the war, came to Theseus, King of Athens, to beseech him to induce the Thebans to allow the bodies to be buried.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
