The Soundtrack of Protest: Iran's Mass Funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei As mourners gathered to pay their respects, chants and cries pierced the air in a cacophony of grief and anger.
The mass funeral procession was a spectacle of epic proportions, a demonstration of the deep seated emotions that have long defined Iran's complex relationship with its leadership.
The sheer scale of the event is staggering – 15 million people will converge on the eastern city of Mashhad for the burial.