Thousands join funeral procession for Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran

Mourners gather around the vehicle transporting the caskets of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei and his family members during the funeral procession at Azadi Square in Tehran on Monday. PIC/AFP

Crowds of Iranians marched through the streets of Tehran on Monday in a funeral procession for slain leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the biggest day yet in a week of massive memorial ceremonies demonstrating the grip of surviving clerical leaders.

Drone footage on state television showed many tens of thousands of people crammed into a boulevard in central Tehran. The caskets of the slain leader and four of his family members were driven in a large truck through the streets, while fire hoses sprayed water from above to keep the marchers cool.

As they passed under a bridge, mourners hurled stones at a billboard hung from above showing US President Donald Trump with a bullet aimed at his head. "The US killed our father," it read. As demonstrators set fire to US and British flags, women in black chadors held aloft red placards with the English words ‘KILL TRUMP' in black letters.

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