The Iraqi provinces of Karbala and Najaf declared a public holiday following the reported martyrdom of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a joint US-Israeli attack.
The Iraqi governorates of Karbala and Najaf have officially suspended government administrative operations, declaring a public holiday following the death of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
According to Akharin Khabar, an Iranian conservative news aggregate, the governors of both Karbala and Najaf ordered all administrative offices to close today in response to the martyrdom of Imam Khamenei. The outlet reports that his death occurred during an aggressive attack by America and the Zionist regime.
The Sepah Pasdaran News Channel, a prominent outlet affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), published an identical statement. The channel explicitly attributed the Supreme Leader's martyrdom to an aggressive attack by America and the Zionist regime, confirming the closure of administrative departments in the two Iraqi provinces.
Furthermore, Fars News International, a state-aligned news agency closely tied to the IRGC, confirmed the regional closures, reiterating that the governorates of holy Karbala and noble Najaf announced the official holiday in the wake of the martyrdom of the Supreme Leader.
All three source channels represent state-aligned or IRGC-affiliated Iranian media, producing a unified and highly coordinated narrative regarding the cause of the Supreme Leader's death. The messaging relies on identical phrasing across channels to attribute the event to a joint US-Israeli strike while emphasizing the immediate mourning response in Iraq's holiest Shia centers.