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• Millions of mourners expected to converge on Tehran

• Processions to pass through holy cities before burial in Mashhad on July 9

• President Pezeshkian says large turnout will signal unity and defiance against terrorism

TEHRAN: The body of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lay in state in a vast hall in Tehran on Friday as millions of mourners are expected to converge on the city over the coming days to pay their final respects to former supreme leader, assassinated at the age of 86 by US and Israeli bombs.