- Iran is holding a dayslong funeral for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—killed in an early-war Israeli strike—with his coffin paraded through cities in Iran and Iraq and major shutdowns planned in Tehran.
- Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, a powerful Revolutionary Guard commander, resurfaced publicly for the first time in months and is seen as a key hardline figure in negotiating an end to the war and close to the hidden new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.
- State media showed emotional mourning scenes—caskets draped with a “Ya Hussein” flag, tulips and crowds performing traditional rites—underscoring national grief and mobilization.
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