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Mourners reached out to touch the truck, and some threw scarves and other items for attendants to brush against the coffin, a common practice in Iran seen as a blessing. Attendants, some on the ladders of fire trucks, sprayed misted water across the crowds to cool them in the he

Hundreds of thousands of mourners chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” as they called for revenge over the February 28 attack

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral is seeing many diplomatic leaders across the world attending the event with the crowd already surpassing 20 million.

The late leader will be buried at Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad on July 9.

Thousands gathered in Tehran as Iran launched a days-long funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Khamenei was at the helm of the Islamic Republic for nearly four decades.

Tehran expects millions to attend the funeral as Iran projects unity while tensions with Israel and the United States remain high.

Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita and Bihar Governor Syed Ata Hasnain will travel to Iran

"The Congress president is in the process of finalising the party delegation for Iran," Khurshid, who is the head of the Congress' foreign affairs department, said.

Iran has used its ability to choke off the narrow waterway as a key source of leverage since the war began, disrupting global markets for energy and other critical goods.

Indian representatives to attend Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral in July

The US and Iran agreed to an interim deal earlier this month that calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of enriched uranium. It also waives US-backed sanctions on the country while opening the Strait of Hormuz and giving each side 60 days to hammer out broader agreements.

The US president has tried to preserve an increasingly fragile interim deal as hostilities have mounted in the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, which could cause oil prices to rise and undermine Trump's claims to voters that inflation in America was easing.