Tehran, July 3 -- The tiny coffin of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's 14-month-old granddaughter was displayed at Tehran's Grand Mosalla on Friday, July 3, as mourners gathered to pay tribute ahead of the official funeral ceremonies for Iran's late Supreme Leader on Saturday, July 4.

Iranian media identified the child as Zahra Mohammadi Golpayegani, who was among Khamenei's family members killed in the Israeli airstrike on February 28 that also claimed the life of the Iranian leader and triggered the Middle East war.

Video footage released by Iranian media showed the child's small coffin, draped in Iran's tricolour flag, being carried into the Grand Mosalla, where thousands of mourners attended a pre-funeral tribute ceremony. A framed portrait ...