A truck carrying Iranian late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's flag-draped coffin, crept through crowds of black-clad mourners in Tehran, who reached out to touch the grating. Some threw scarves and other items for attendants to brush against the coffin, a common practice in Iran seen as a blessing. Attendants sprayed misted water across the crowds to cool them in the summertime temperatures. 

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Mourners throng funeral procession in Tehran for Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Mourners throng funeral procession in Tehran for Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Mourners dressed in black have flooded into Iran's capital for a procession as part of the funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Helicopter images aired on Iranian state television showed a massive crowd stretching from Tehran's Azadi, or Freedom, Square for kilometers down a multilane street of the same name. The crowd appeared larger than the one that turned out for the 2020 procession for the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, which drew over 1 million people. The turnout came as Iran negotiates with the United States over a permanent end to the war that killed the 86-year-old cleric.

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