US-Iran war: Tehran buries former supreme leader Ali Khamenei in Mashhad as fighting with Washington intensifies | Today’s news

Former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been buried at Tehran’s holiest shrine more than four months after he was killed in an airstrike on the first day of the US-Israeli military campaign in late February.

Ali Khamenei was buried by Imam Reza in his hometown of Mashhad in eastern Iran. His funeral came as the US and Iran traded strikes, sparking fears of a return to full-blown war, AFP reported.

This is a developing story. Further details were awaited.