By CUI HAIPEI in Dubai, UAE and JAN YUMUL in Hong Kong |
China Daily |
Mourners gather in Tehran, on Monday, for a funeral procession for Iran's late supreme leader Ali Khamenei. MOHAMMED SALEM/REUTERS
Millions of black-clad mourners on Monday flocked into Tehran in a procession as part of the funeral of the late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, but controversial remarks by United States President Donald Trump have sparked a fierce backlash, threatening his fragile pledge of restraint amid high tensions.
A truck carrying Khamenei's flag-draped coffin moved slowly through dense crowds in what officials called the largest public gathering in the country's modern history. The 12-hour procession will transport the coffin through streets en route to Mehrabad International Airport.
