CNN: People have gathered in Tehran for the start of days long funeral processions and mourning for slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several members of his family. Millions of people, including foreign dignitaries, are expected to attend across multiple locations in Iran and Iraq until July 9.
Security threats: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned against any attempts to target the country in the coming days. President Donald Trump said the US has given Iran “a week off” for the funeral “because we’re nice”, claiming they “want to settle so badly.”…
Iran Begins Khamenei’s Funeral in Show of Defiance Against the U.S.
Hossein Ansari, a translator who planned to join the final burial ceremony on July 9 in the holy city of Mashhad, said the large crowds would “show to those inside and outside the country that, unlike what is being portrayed in the West, the majority of the people respected him in the country even if they were not that religious.”…
Iran “might be weaker when it comes to its economic situation, its industries, some of its strategic capabilities,” said Raz Zimmt, head of Iran research at the Institute for National Security Studies in Israel. “But the bottom line is that we are facing a new, bolder, self-confident Iran.”…
Momentary Unity at a Funeral Masks Deep Divisions Among Iran’s Leaders
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s absence has raised questions inside Iranian political circles about who is really running the country and allowed open divisions to fester…
Tankers U-Turn in Hormuz, With Some Taking Iran Route Instead
At least eight ships attempting to leave the Persian Gulf along the Omani coast turned back between Friday and Saturday, in the latest sign that reopening the Strait of Hormuz remains complicated by Iran seeking to assert its control over the key waterway.
Some of the vessels continued with their transits by switching to a route closer to Iran, after initially sailing toward the Strait of Hormuz and then making sharp reversals…