New Delhi, July 3 -- TEHRAN - The smallest coffin arrived last. Wrapped in green cloth alongside the flag-draped caskets of Iran's assassinated supreme leader and three other family members killed in the same airstrike, the remains of a three-year-old girl were carried through streets lined with millions on Friday as Tehran opened seven days of mourning for Ali Khamenei.

Khamenei was killed on February 28, 2026, when a joint US-Israeli strike hit a compound in the capital where he had gathered with his family. He was 85. His daughter, his daughter-in-law, his son-in-law, and his granddaughter died alongside him. They will be buried together at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad on July 9, at the close of a procession that moves through Tehr...