Iran’s supreme leader touts “historic” presence at late father’s funeral
Vahid Salemi/AP Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, thanked what he described as the “tens of millions” of people he said attended recent funeral ceremonies for his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a purported message released by Iranian media today.
The truck carrying the coffins of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family makes its way through mourners during the funeral procession toward Azadi Tower in Tehran, on Monday, July 6.
Over several days of mourning, Iran’s Health Ministry said around 15 million people were expected to take part, but they did not reveal how that figure was calculated.
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