Iranian authorities unveil the casket containing late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s body in a glass case at the Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Iran’s capital. The caskets of his dead family members are beneath his, which has his black turban atop it.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf was in tears at the funeral of late Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. A video has gone viral.

The week-long mourning ceremonies have begun for the late leader, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes on February 28 this year.

Influential Iranian clerics are calling for an end to negotiations with the United States after the latest US strikes. In a statement on Sunday by the theological centres in the pilgrimage city of

The IAEA chief acknowledged contradictory remarks between Iran and the U.S. on the subject, calling it a “war of words” at the moment.

Huge crowds of mourners gathered on the streets of Tehran ahead of the funeral ceremonies for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, scheduled to take place from July 4 through July 9. Foreign dignitaries have also begun arriving to pay their respects to the late leader.

The remarks come as Washington and Tehran continue indirect negotiations aimed at consolidating the fragile peace agreement reached after months of conflict.

Everyday expenses have doubled,” one Tehran resident told NBC News.