Key facts
- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been buried in Mashhad.
- The burial followed retaliatory strikes by Iran on US military infrastructure in Gulf states.
- US strikes reportedly hit railway bridges in Iran, impacting a corridor to China and Russia.
- Iran's foreign ministry condemned the US strikes as a 'gross war crime'.
- Mourners at Khamenei's burial expressed defiance and called for revenge.
Iran buried its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following retaliatory strikes by Iran on US military infrastructure in Gulf states. The US strikes reportedly hit railway bridges in Iran, impacting a corridor to China and Russia, with repairs expected to be swift. Iran's foreign ministry denounced the attacks on civilian infrastructure as a "gross war crime." Mourners at Khamenei's burial expressed defiance, with chants indicating a desire for revenge. Khamenei's body arrived in Mashhad for burial after a week of processions.