Tehran, July 7 -- The Iranian Embassy in India has criticised sections of the Indian media over reports claiming that 3,000 graves had been prepared for the funeral ceremonies of Iran's late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling the allegation baseless.

The embassy's response came after NDTV India aired a report in Hindi citing a July 4 article by German newspaper WELT. In posts shared on X on Monday, July 6, it accused some media outlets of promoting an unverified narrative based on anonymous sources instead of official information.

"Some media outlets seem to be waiting for people to be killed during the funeral procession. When they choose to ignore the sheer scale and significance of the event, they resort to peddling nons...