![Members of the Hashd al-Shaabi gather in Basra, southern Iraq, to hold a memorial ceremony for Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who lost his life in U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, carrying Khamenei posters and Hashd al-Shaabi and Kataib Hezbollah flags while chanting slogans in support of Iran and Islamic resistance groups, on March 08, 2026. [Haidar Mohammed Ali - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/AA-20260308-40770336-40770321-HASHD_ALSHAABI_MEMBERS_HOLD_MEMORIAL_FOR_KHAMENEI_IN_BASRA-1.jpg?fit=920%2C613&ssl=1)
The Iraqi government has set Sept. 21 as a final deadline for armed factions to hand over their weapons to state authorities, a government spokesman said Monday, Anadolu reports.
“Sept. 21 is the final deadline for handing over weapons, and at the same time for the withdrawal of the international coalition,” Haider al-Aboudi said in statements carried by the state news agency INA.
Separately, Aboudi said the Iraqi government approved Iran’s request to hold funeral ceremonies for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Iraq on July 8.
On Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran would coordinate with Iraq on arrangements for Khamenei’s funeral procession at Iraq’s holy shrines.
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