Huge crowds fill Tehran streets for Khamenei's funeral procession
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Footage from Iranian state TV showed many tens of thousands of mourners gathered to watch Khamenei's flag-draped coffin being transported by a lorry along a 10km (6-mile) route that passed through the capital's landmark Enghelab Square.
The procession took place after his body lay in state for two days at Tehr
Vast crowds loyal to the Islamic Republic have gathered in Tehran at a funeral ceremony for Iran's former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint US-Israeli strikes at the start of the war.
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Footage from Iranian state TV showed many tens of thousands of mourners gathered to watch Khamenei's flag-draped coffin being transported by a lorry along a 10km (6-mile) route that passed through the capital's landmark Enghelab Square.
The procession took place after his body lay in state for two days at Tehr
Vast crowds loyal to the Islamic Republic have gathered in Tehran at a funeral ceremony for Iran's former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint US-Israeli strikes at the start of the war.