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Iran's top officials attend prayer for late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
AP News • • general
Key Points:
- Iran’s top officials and brothers of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared publicly for funeral prayers in Tehran, signaling increased confidence in their safety amid ongoing conflict with the U.S. and Israel.
- Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme leader, remains unseen and is believed to be in hiding after being wounded in an Israeli airstrike that killed his father.
- Funeral attendees and speakers issued strong anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rhetoric, including direct calls for the killing of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- The funeral events have temporarily paused negotiations between Iran and the U.S. aimed at ending the war and resolving tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy route.
- Iranian authorities plan to transport Khamenei’s body through multiple cities, with large-scale mourning ceremonies continuing until his burial in Mashhad, his birthplace.
