Death and state funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini
1989 funeral of the 1st supreme leader of Iran
On 3 June 1989, at 22:20 IRST, Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder and first supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), died in Jamaran, Greater Tehran, aged 86 after spending eleven days at a private hospital near his residency. Prior to his hospital stay, he suffered five heart attacks in ten days. Sources put his age at 89, and list the cause of death as bleeding in the digestive system. As a mark of respect, Iran's government ordered all schools to be closed on that Sunday, declared 40 days of mourning, and said schools would be closed for five days. Pakistan declared ten days of national mourning, Syria announced seven days of mourning, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and India announced three days of mourning. Iraq also expressed condolences, despite the eight year-long war between the two countries.
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