Iran is preparing to hold a memorial service for Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s slain wife and family members, who were killed in airstrikes as the war began, according to the state-affiliated media.
The ceremony is expected to take place from Thursday to Friday at the Shah Abdol-Azim Hasani Shrine in Tehran, Nour News reported.
Khamenei’s wife, Zahra Haddad Adel, as well as his sister, brother-in-law and niece were all killed in the same February strikes that targeted and killed his father, then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and various other senior regime figures.
Ali Khamenei had ruled Iran with an iron fist for nearly four decades. His son was chosen to replace…