Mourners in Tehran were caught on video publicly sobbing, as the Islamic republic said farewell to late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israeli airstrike in February.
As millions of Americans gathered to celebrate the USA’s 250th birthday, tens of thousands of Iranians wailed as they paid final respects to the ayatollah, whose body is lying in state in Tehran
Angry mourners, dressed in black and draped in the red, white and green flags of the Islamic Republic, held signs calling for President Trump’s assassination and demanding retribution.
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