Iranian authorities have made extensive preparations for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's funeral while also planning for a possible mass casualty scenario involving between 1,500 and 3,000 deaths, according to a report by Germany's WELT.
The report, written by an anonymous journalist in Tehran, cited a confidential letter from the Iranian Red Crescent and the national crisis management organization addressed to First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Aref. According to the report, officials have established a special unit to manage the dead and missing, while thousands of new graves have been prepared at Tehran's Behesht-e Zahra cemetery.
