Iran Begins Funeral Rites for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Tehran. Iran has formally begun the public funeral ceremony of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from Saturday morning.
According to state television, a public tribute program will be conducted for 6 days before the funeral. During this period, mourning rallies are also scheduled to be organized in Iraq.
According to AFP journalists present at the scene, thousands of grieving citizens had gathered in the courtyard of Tehran's Grand Mosalla even before the coffin containing Khamenei's body was brought to the ceremony site.
They chanted slogans against America and also displayed a red banner considered a symbol of revenge.
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