Huge crowds in Mashhad for burial of Iran's late supreme leader
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Huge crowds lined the streets of the holy city of Mashhad for the burial of Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Khamenei was laid to rest at the shrine of Imam Reza, Iran's holiest Shia Muslim site, marking the end of six days of public mourning ceremonies in five cities across Iran and neighbouring Iraq.
The burial, reported by the state news agency IRNA, came after an exchange of strikes between Iran and the US that threatens to derail a preliminary deal to end the war in which he was killed.
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Huge crowds lined the streets of the holy city of Mashhad for the burial of Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Khamenei was laid to rest at the shrine of Imam Reza, Iran's holiest Shia Muslim site, marking the end of six days of public mourning ceremonies in five cities across Iran and neighbouring Iraq.
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The burial, reported by the state news agency IRNA, came after an exchange of strikes between Iran and the US that threatens to derail a preliminary deal to end the war in which he was killed.