Crowds of mourners gather around an unseen vehicle transporting the coffin of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei during a funeral procession in Najaf on July 8, 2026. —AFP
Crowds of mourners gather around an unseen vehicle transporting the coffin of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei during a funeral procession in Najaf on July 8, 2026. —AFP
A vehicle carrying the coffin of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in Israeli and US airstrikes, makes its way as people attend Khamenei’s funeral procession, in Najaf, Iraq, July 8, 2026. —Reuters
A vehicle carrying the coffin of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in Israeli and US airstrikes, makes its way as people attend Khamenei’s funeral procession, in Najaf, Iraq, July 8, 2026. —Reuters
People gather on the day of a funeral procession for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in Israeli and US airstrikes, at the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq, July 8, 2026. —AFP
People gather on the day of a funeral procession for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in Israeli and US airstrikes, at the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq, July 8, 2026. —AFP
People gather on the day of a funeral procession for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in Israeli and US airstrikes, at the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq, July 8, 2026. —AFP
People gather on the day of a funeral procession for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in Israeli and US airstrikes, at the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq, July 8, 2026. —AFP

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