Large crowds gathered in central Tehran on Wednesday for the funerals of Larijani, Soleimani, and the 84 sailors killed when the US sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka earlier this month.

More than 1,300 people have been killed in Israeli and US strikes on Iran since the start of the war, including 226 women and 204 children, according to the Iranian government.

The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (Hrana) puts the death toll higher – reporting on Tuesday that at least 1354 civilians and 1138 military personnel have been killed since the war began, as well 622 others who it could not classify.

Iran has retaliated with strikes across the Middle East. On Wednesday, two people were killed in a strike on Israel, and blasts and drone interceptions were reported in Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

The reverberations of the war have been felt across the world with oil prices surging following the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for energy shipments.

Additional reporting by Ghoncheh Habibiazad