Crowds thronged the streets of Najaf as the coffin of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei moved through the holy city in a procession devoted to Iraq, home to Shia Islam's most sacred shrines.

Crowds thronged the streets of Najaf as the coffin of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei moved through the holy city in a procession devoted to Iraq, home to Shia Islam's most sacred shrines.

Crowds thronged the streets of Najaf as the coffin of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei moved through the holy city in a procession devoted to Iraq, home to Shia Islam's most sacred shrines.

NAJAF, Iraq, July 8 - Mourners marched through Iraq's holy city of Najaf on Wednesday, following the coffin of slain Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as his six-day funeral procession, which drew huge crowds in his home country, pressed on across the border. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral procession has begun in Najaf before moving to Karbala and Iran. The ceremonies are unfolding as US-Iran talks pause and Persian Gulf strikes sharpen regional tensions.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son and successor was not among the family members and thousands of mourners who turned out Sunday for a second day of ceremonies to honour Iran’s late supreme leader. Mojtaba…