Passenger train services between Tehran and Mashhad were suspended on Thursday after a US strike hit part of the railroad line, disrupting transportation as millions of mourners converge on Mashhad.

Secretary General of Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has described martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei as "An exceptional leader rarely matched in history'.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has launched missile and drone strikes against key infrastructure and facilities at US military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, describing the operation as the first stage of a “punitive response” to US attacks on Iran.