@sbsnews_au: Iran is holding a week of mass funeral processions for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on 28 February in US and Israeli airstrikes, which started the war in the Middle East. Clerics, officials, foreign dignitaries and other mourners have travelled to Tehran to pay their respects to Iran's late supreme leader. The funeral is taking place at a critical moment for Iran, where the clerical rulers backed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are riding high in popularity from surviving an existential war against their most powerful foes, while concerns remain over the country's economy crippled by US sanctions. Learn more @sbsnews_au (link in bio)

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Sunday 05 July 2026 06:30:59 GMT