Ali Khamenei’s six-day funeral expected to draw millions in Iran
Iran has begun a six-day funeral ceremony for the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israeli attack in February. The event is being used by the Iranian leadership as a display of national resilience and resistance.
Why it matters
The funeral serves as a significant political event intended to project stability and ideological strength during a period of intense regional conflict.
Mourners praying beside the coffin of Zahra Haddad Adel, the wife of Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, in Tehran on Thursday./Getty Images Mourners praying beside the coffin of Zahra Haddad Adel, the wife of Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, in Tehran on Thursday./Getty Images Iran Ali Khamenei’s six-day funeral expected to draw millions in Iran Country’s leadership vows to never surrender as memorial on grand scale aims to relay message of resistance to world
The article describes the event and its political intent objectively, acknowledging the context of the leader's death.
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