BBC in Tehran as mourners gather for former supreme leader’s funeral0

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• July 4, 2026

BBC International correspondent Nawal Al Maghafi reports from Tehran, where authorities say they expect millions of people to take part in Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral commemorations. Iran’s former supreme leader was killed more than four months ago in US and Israeli strikes at the start of the war. Large crowds of black-clad mourners have already