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Iran Mourns Khamenei Amid War Tensions | Greenville News
Iran plunges into national mourning as hundreds of thousands gather for a multi-day funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, slain in an airstrike blamed on Israel and the U.S. The somber event, delayed by war, serves as both a national reckoning and a political rallying cry, with mourners vowing vengeance and theocracy rallying behind his son, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. Set against the U.S. Independence Day, chants of “Death to America” echo through Tehran, while Iran’s negotiators issue warnings over Hormuz patrols. Khamenei’s body will travel to Iraq before burial in Mashhad, as the nation…
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