<p>The funeral procession for Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has gotten underway through the streets of the capital city of Tehran, five months after he was assassinated in a coordinated United States and Israeli airstrike on February 28. </p><p>Iranian media outlets reported that the massive procession, attended by vast crowds of citizens alongside foreign diplomatic delegations, commenced at Imam Hossein Square and is moving along a central six-mile route toward Azadi Square, a symbol of the Islamic Revolution. Iranian authorities, who declared a week of memorial services and funeral processions across the country and in Iraq, estimated that attendance at the main event will reach 15 to 20 million people.</p> | Read More in News from Israel
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