Iran's funeral for former supreme leader Ali Khamenei entered its second day on Sunday, as crowds gather to pay respects at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran.
Khamenei was killed back in February, during the opening strikes of Operation Roaring Lion.
His funeral, delayed due to the ongoing war, began on Saturday with chants of "death to America, death to Israel," while the ceremonies are expected to last at least a week with events across the country.
Television footage showed Khamenei's coffin draped with the Iranian flag and topped with his black turban. It was placed, along with four other coffins of his slain family members, on a large black platform that resembled the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure at the center of Islam's holiest site in Mecca.
In video posts on other state media news sites, mourners were also heard chanting: "Our slogan is one word: Revenge, revenge," and "We will kill, we will kill he who killed our Imam."
His body is expected to be taken to Qom, Najaf and Kerbala, the great Shi'ite centers of Iran and Iraq, before being laid to rest on Thursday in Mashhad, home to the country's holiest pilgrim shrine.
Notably, Khamenei's son and the current supreme leader of Iran, Mojtaba, did not attend the funeral opening on Saturday.
The New York Times reported over the weekend that Mojtaba's absence stemmed from the regime's fear that Israel would attempt to assassinate him during the event.
Iranian general warns of 'harsh response' if Israel, US attack during Khamenei's funeral
Further, in a Friday statement, the commander of Khatam al-Anbiya, Ali Abdollahi, threatened Israel and the US against making “any miscalculation” during the week-long funeral, warning of “harsh and regrettable responses” in the case of an attack.
Khatam al-Anbiya is the Joint Command of Iran's military.
The statement followed Khamenei's coffin being displayed in an "unannounced event" in Tehran on Thursday, according to footage shared by the State TV broadcaster, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), on X/Twitter.
Standing alongside the displayed coffin are several Iranian officials, including Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander Ahmad Vahidi in his first public appearance since the start of the Israel-Iran War.
Ariella Roitman, Walla, Jerusalem Post Staff, and Reuters contributed to this report.