Tehran, July 4 -- With the funeral processions underway of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday vowed that the nation would keep the flag high as the Persian Gulf nation grieves its tallest leader.

In a post on X, he said that the enduring loyalty to the slain leader, who was killed in the US-Israeli strikes on February 28, would continue as massive crowds of mourners attend Khamenei's farewell ceremony.

He said, "The great nation of Iran, with hearts brimming with sorrow and resolves infused with hope, will prove that the flag for whose enduring raise the martyred leader struggled shall not fall to the ground. And We desire to bestow a favor upon those who have been oppressed on ea...