Iran begins Khamenei’s funeral 126 days after assassination
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader for over three decades who was killed in an airstrike, is being honored in elaborate state funeral ceremonies expected to draw between 15 and 20 million mourners to Tehran's central public and religious venues. Foreign dignitaries and senior Iranian officials are attending the multi-day event, which will conclude with Khamenei's burial in Mashhad, his birthplace.
Progressive: Progressive-leaning outlets use 'assassinated' and frame the funeral as Iran's geopolitical response to US-Israeli military intervention.
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Iran launched an elaborate six-day funeral for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday, staging a carefully choreographed display of national unity and defiance just four months after U.S. and Israeli airstrikes killed the longtime leader.
The ceremonies began after Khamenei’s body lay at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla Mosque on Friday.
State media showed five […] ...