Religious leaders pay their respects next to the coffins of Khamenei and his family in Tehran on the 3rd (local time), a day before the official funeral of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. EPA Yonhap News Funeral proceedings for former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, have virtually begun. Iran ended the war through the funeral of its supreme leader, who led the country for about 40 years.