Mourners throng funeral procession for Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Key Points:

• Thousands of mourners gathered in Tehran for the funeral procession of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with many calling for the death of former U.S. President Donald Trump amid heightened tensions.
• Khamenei and family members killed in a recent airstrike by Israel and the U.S. were honored with coffins displayed on a truck traveling through the city, drawing a crowd reportedly larger than the 2020 funeral for General Qassem Solemani.
• The funeral procession, lasting 12 hours and culminating in burial at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, has been marked by calls for revenge against Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reflecting ongoing hostility.
• Meanwhile, U.S.-Iran negotiations over ending the war, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and addressing Iran’s nuclear program remain on hold until after the burial ceremonies conclude.
• Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has not appeared publicly during the funeral and is believed to be in hiding after reportedly being wounded in the airstrike that killed his father.