Iranian officials are reportedly too afraid to hold an elaborate funeral service for slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei amid the ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel.
Tehran is yet to determine the burial site for Khamenei, who was assassinated in a joint US-Israeli airstrike on February 28, which triggered a war that spilt into the wider Middle East region.
Behnam Taleblu from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies told The New York Post that Iran is in no position to hold an elaborate memorial service as the war is currently in the middle of an uncertain truce.
Several senior Iranian officials, including the country's security chief Ali Larijani, have been assassinated in the US-Israeli strikes during the past weeks of the war.
A two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States is set to end on Wednesday, with no date yet announced for a fresh round of talks between Tehran and Washington.
