00:00India Today is reporting from the heart of Tehran.
00:03Lacks of mourners have gathered at the Azadi Square to get a final farewell to their supreme leader, as they
00:09used to call him, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
00:11Funeral procession moving from the Grand Mozilla to the Azadi Square amid unprecedented security and an emotional public turnout.
00:19So there are a massive number of people who have gathered already and remember that these visuals are not coming
00:23to us via news agencies.
00:25India Today crew is on the ground in Iran right now, sharing with us exactly what the sentiment is like
00:31for Iran, especially for the Iranian regime.
00:34This is, of course, a huge moment and it's being seen not just as the funeral procession, but also as
00:41global diplomacy.
00:42Of course, one question continues to dominate. Where is Mujtaba Khamenei, the successor after Ayatollah?
00:48We are told that he's not being seen at the funeral procession yet.
00:51Let's take a look quickly at the ground report that is coming in from India Today from on the ground.
01:00We must rise, we must fight. This is what the message Iranian regime, Iranian government wanted to send all across
01:08the world.
01:08And if you see, a symbolic hand of former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been placed, has been constructed
01:16on Azadi Square.
01:18From last three to four days, this symbolic construction has been conducted.
01:23It's a very massive hand, a symbolic hand of former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
01:29And if you can see, a ring of his identification, if you remember, on 28th of February, when the air
01:37strikes have been conducted by the Israelis and Americans in a joint operation,
01:42only this is the only hand and the ring which can identify his body and now this became a symbol
01:48of their revolution or their fight with Americans and the Israelis.
01:52And this has been constructed, this has been put on Azadi Square.
01:55Azadi Square has a mean a lot as far as we are talking about Islamic revolution of 1979.
02:01But now, one more point, one more symbol of their fight, of their, you can say, revolution is now placed
02:09as Azadi Square.
02:11We must rise, we must fight. This is what the message Iranian regime, Iranian government wanted to send all across
02:18the world.
02:19And if you see, a symbolic hand of former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been placed, has been constructed
02:26on Azadi Square.
02:28From last three to four days, this symbolic construction has been conducted.
02:34It's a very massive hand, a symbolic hand of former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
02:40And if you can see, a ring of his identification, if you remember, on 28th of February, when the air
02:47strikes have been conducted by the Israelis and Americans in a joint operation,
02:52only this is the only hand and the ring which can identify his body.
02:56And now, this became a symbol of their revolution or their fight with Americans and the Israelis.
03:03And this has been constructed, this has been put on Azadi Square.
03:06Azadi Square has a mean a lot as far as we are talking about Islamic revolution of 1979.
03:11But now, one more point, one more symbol of their fight, of their revolution is now placed as Azadi Square.
03:21And this has been put on the main line of the president of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
03:57For Iran, remember Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was the supreme leader for as long as they remember,
04:03especially after what is called as the Islamic Revolution.
04:06Iran now is witnessing grief and fury.
04:09Thousands have gathered in Tehran to bid farewell.
04:12Funeral was marked by massive crowds, anti-America slogans,
04:15calls for revenge against US President Donald Trump.
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