Our reporters visited Tehran under the watchful eye of the Iranian government to witness hundreds of thousands of people line the streets for the procession honoring the country’s slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The blaze in the Pyrenees, a region bordering Spain, has scorched more than 11,000 acres so far.

In the weeks leading up to the two-day event, the Turkish authorities blocked websites, jailed scores of people over allegations of terrorism and arrested a prominent comedian.

Mourners

Critics of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s brutal rule have been angered by the scale of the commemorations being held to honor his life.

The city of three million people is home to a gold-domed shrine that Shiite Muslims revere as Iran’s most sacred site. The final ceremony will take place there on Thursday.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s remains were preserved for months, according to Iran’s government. Some Islamic scholars say it was a political and security calculation.

The country has faced criticism from human rights activists for the conditions in its prisons, including overcrowding and failing to protect inmates.

The case against the two men, who have been living in Austria since 2015, was one of the first that the country has brought under the principle of universal jurisdiction.

Russia launched its second major attack on Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, in less than a week. The deadly strikes occurred a day before a NATO summit expected to focus on the alliance’s response to the war.