Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei walks to the podium to address the media after casting his ballot during the Islamic republic's presidential election in Tehran on June 28, 2024. (Photo: VCG)

The funeral for Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is scheduled to begin in the capital Tehran on July 4, Iran's state media reported on Saturday.

The burial is set to be held in the northeastern city of Mashhad on July 9.

The long-serving supreme leader of Iran was killed in a joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike on Feb. 28.