New Delhi, July 6 -- Tens of thousands of mourners took to the streets of Tehran on 5 July to attend the funeral procession of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Khamenei's flag-draped coffin, and those of his family killed in 28 February 28 airstrike, sat on board a truck, news agency AP said. Authorities decorated the truck's side to resemble the ornamental grating that surrounds the shrine of an imam.

The truck crept through crowds of black-clad mourners, who reached out to touch the grating. Authorities shut down streets, airspace and daily life for the mourning, which began Saturday and will end Thursday as the 86-year-old Khamenei is buried at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, his birthplace.

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