Iran has officially begun six days of public funeral ceremonies for late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, state television reports, with processions due to continue in Iraq before his burial, according to AFP.

Thousands of mourners carrying red banners, a symbol associated with calls for revenge, gathered in the courtyard of Tehran’s Grand Mosalla ahead of the arrival of Khamenei’s coffin, chanting “death to America” and “revenge, revenge”.