Huge crowds fill Tehran for Khamenei funeral procession
What's new: The procession moved through Enghelab Square as mourners waved Iranian flags and red banners tied to martyrdom and vengeance.
Huge crowds lined the streets of Tehran as Iran pressed ahead with public mourning for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose funeral procession passed through the capital's Enghelab Square. Mourners held Iranian flags and red banners symbolizing martyrdom and vengeance, turning the procession into a highly visible display of national grief and defiance. Khamenei was killed at the start of the U.S.-Israel war in February, and the ceremony underscored how the Iranian leadership wants the moment seen at home and abroad. International media coverage remained tightly controlled, with the BBC reporting from Tehran under restrictions that barred use of its material on the broadcaster's Persian Service.