TEHRAN, July 3. /TASS/. A clenched-fist monument dedicated to Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been installed in Enghelab Square in downtown Tehran, a TASS correspondent reported.

Posters featuring the monument have been placed across the city, along with banners displaying portraits of Ali Khamenei and other military and political figures killed in US and Israeli strikes. Iranian flags are being distributed in the streets.

Although nationwide holidays have been declared in connection with farewell ceremonies for the supreme leader, some shops and cafes remain open in the capital, and street trading continues.

Earlier, farewell ceremonies for Ali Khamenei, killed in US-Israeli strikes, began in Tehran. High-level delegations from at least 100 countries are attending a mourning event on Friday. Russia is represented by Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev. The supreme leader’s body will lie in state at the Grand Mosalla of Tehran on July 4-5, allowing the public to pay their respects. On July 6, a funeral procession will take place through downtown Tehran before the remains are transferred to the city of Qom, Iran's main religious center, where mourning ceremonies are scheduled for July 7. On July 8, Khamenei’s remains will be taken to Iraq for separate farewell ceremonies in the cities of Karbala and Najaf for the country’s Shia Muslims to participate. The burial is scheduled for July 9 in his hometown of Mashhad.