Hundreds of thousands of people attended a funeral procession and service for top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. The procession was held in the streets of the Iranian capital, where Haniyeh’s coffin was carried through the city in an ornate vehicle, writes Euronews.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, led funeral prayers at Tehran University while Iran"s new President, Masoud Pezeshkian, stood next to him.

After the funeral services in Tehran, Haniyeh’s remains were expected to be transferred to Qatar for burial, where he lived in exile for years.

Haniyeh travelled to Tehran to attend the inauguration of the country’s new president, Pezeshkian. He was killed in an airstrike that struck a residence he used in the city.

Iranian authorities said the attack is under investigation but have not released further details. The strike came just hours after Israel targeted a top commander of Iran’s ally Hezbollah in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Israel had pledged to kill Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders over the group’s October 7 attack on southern Israel that sparked the war in Gaza.