The streets of Tehran, festooned with brightly coloured balloons and flags of the Islamic republic and full of revellers stretching kilometres into the distance, offered a stark contrast to the tense diplomatic sphere

Eid al-Ghadir is one of the most important dates in the Shia religious calendar, marking the Prophet Mohammed's final sermon before his death in 632

A few hours before the celebrations began, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei released a written statement in which he warned that Israel and the United States were seeking to divide Iran after a "stinging setback" in the war

Iranian authorities have sought to link negotiations with the United States to Israel's war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, sparked by the militant group attacking Israel in support of Iran

An Iranian missile was on display in the middle of the road, with locals gathering around it to be photographed