2月28日，以色列对德黑兰发动空袭，导致伊朗最高领袖阿里·哈梅内伊及其四名亲属身亡 [1][4]。此次袭击标志着美以针对伊朗的军事冲突爆发 [2]。尽管此前双方曾达成结束敌对行动的谅解备忘录（MoU），但特朗普随后宣布该协议已“结束”[4]。
在持续六天的悼念活动后，哈梅内伊的遗体抵达其家乡马什哈德，准备进行最终安葬 [1][2]。葬礼仪式计划于当地时间下午 2:30（格林威治标准时间 11:00）开始，地点设在伊玛目礼萨圣陵附近 [1]；另有报道指出具体时间调整为周四下午 2 点（GMT 时间 10:30），气温高达 35 摄氏度 [2]。马什哈德省长哈桑·侯赛尼预计将有约 1500 万人参加此次葬礼游行，而伊拉克纳杰夫地区也有超过 230 万民众参与相关悼念活动 [1][4]（注：来源 1 提及伊拉克有超 230 万人参加，来源 2 提及马什哈德预计 1500 万人）。
哈梅内伊将与其在空袭中丧生的孙女、女婿、女儿及儿媳扎赫拉·哈达德·阿德尔一同下葬 [2]。其继任者穆杰塔巴·哈梅内伊因在同一次袭击中受伤，尚未公开露面 [1][3]。
葬礼期间局势依然紧张。美军夜间袭击了连接德黑兰与马什哈德的铁路线，导致服务中断，但并未延误葬礼进程 [1]；伊朗革命卫队则指控美国轰炸了该铁路桥梁 [4]。此外，在葬礼进行的同时，美以双方再次发生交火，且美军破坏了相关交通设施 [1]。针对霍尔木兹海峡商业航运的军事打击旨在削弱伊朗能力，而伊朗方面反击了科威特、巴林和卡塔尔的美军基地 [4]。
Following a joint Israeli-American airstrike on February 28 that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, his four relatives, and injured his son Mojtaba Khamenei, the body has arrived in Mashhad for burial [1][3]. The funeral ceremony is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. local time (11:00 GMT) on Thursday near Imam Reza's shrine in Iran's eastern holy city of Mashhad [1][2]. Mojtaba Khamenei, who was wounded during the same attack that killed his father and has not yet appeared publicly to assume leadership duties, will be buried alongside his late wife Zahra Hadad Adel, her daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter, all victims of the February 28 strike [1][3].
Massive funeral processions have taken place across Iran and neighboring Iraq. In Najaf, Iraq, more than 2.3 million people participated in the procession for Khamenei's burial [1], while Mashhad Governor Hassan Hosseini estimated that up to 15 million attendees would gather at the site given the high temperatures of 35 degrees Celsius [2]. The event marks the culmination of a six-day mourning period following the initial attacks late last month, which marked the beginning of war between Israel and Iran according to one report [2].
Tensions remain extremely high as US-Iran relations deteriorate. Although the United States had promised to pause its offensive operations during the funeral proceedings, fighting resumed between American forces and Iranian targets [1][4]. The U.S. military reportedly struck a railway line connecting Tehran and Mashhad at night, disrupting services but not delaying the burial schedule; Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps accused the US of bombing this critical infrastructure link [1][2][4]. In response to these actions, Trump declared that the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ending hostilities between the two nations had ended [4], while Iranian forces retaliated against U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar aimed at weakening Iran's ability to target commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz [4].