New Delhi, March 1 -- The news of Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death was announced on Sunday morning by the state media, hours after US President Donald Trump confirmed the news. The leader of post-revolutionary Iran and spiritual leader of millions of Shiite Muslims died at the age of 86 on 28 February following US-Israel joint missile strikes.

Let's have a look at the moment when Iranian state television announced the death of its 86-year-old leader - longest-serving head of state in the Middle East.

Breaking down in tears over the major announcement, Iranian TV anchor said, "Indeed, to Allah we belong and to him we shall return. The great nation of Iran mourns the passing of the esteemed of the great Iranian nation an...