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Death Anniversary Of Founder Of Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khomeini

An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) personnel stands on a balcony adorned with a chair, a black turban, and a portrait of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of Iran's late Supreme Leader and founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, at his tomb in Behesht-Zahra cemetery in southern Tehran, Iran, on June 4, 2026. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in a message read to participants at the 37th anniversary of the death of the Islamic Republic's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, by Tehran's interim Friday prayer leader Muhammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari, makes a statement regarding Iran's armed forces in relation to the United States and Israel. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)