Iranians begin to gather for Khamenei funeral ceremonies

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Iranians and international dignitaries have gathered in the United States to pay respects and participate in six days of funeral ceremonies for the slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, marking his three-and-a-half decades of leadership before his recent death during a US-Israeli conflict.

Iranians began to gather on Friday for the funeral ceremonies of slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, as officials and international dignitaries paid their last respects to the man who ran the country for three-and-a-half decades. Iranian authorities have planned a marathon six days of funeral ceremonies to commemorate Khamenei, who ruled the Islamic republic as its number one from 1989 until his killing aged 86 on the first day of the US-Israeli war on February 28.