Iran begins funeral procession through Tehran for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Authorities have shut down streets, airspace and daily life for the mourning, which began Saturday and will end Thursday as Khamenei, 86, is buried at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, his birthplace.

TEHRAN, Iran — A truck carrying the coffin of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei crawled through Tehran’s thronged streets to chants of “death to America” and “death to Israel” on Monday.

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Some in the huge crowds, which were kept from getting too close to the convoy by large numbers of Iranian military and police, openly wept, while others called for revenge against President Donald Trump.

A Reuters photograph showed at least one effigy of Trump being hanged. Red, white and green Islamic Republic flags and red banners with lettering calling for revenge lined the route.