Body of slain Iranian Supreme Leader approaches Shi'ite shrine for burial

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By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall

DUBAI, July 9 (Reuters) - The funeral procession of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approached the country's holiest shrine for his burial on Thursday with a massive banner reading 'We Will Kill Trump' pulled alongside in the enormous crowd.

As a week of funeral events reaches its culmination, Khamenei's son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei is still hidden from public view after being disfigured in the strike that killed his father, a sign of the unease still gripping Iran.

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