Ghalibaf Turns Khamenei Funeral Into Vengeance Rally

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf used the funeral preparations for slain former supreme leader Ali Khamenei to call Iranians into the streets and demand vengeance. The July 4-9 ceremonies are expected to draw 15-20 million mourners, with the body lying in state at Tehran's Grand Mosalla, rites in Qom and Iraq, and burial in Mashhad on July 9. For Israel, the spectacle is a warning: Tehran is wrapping internal mobilization and intimidation in mourning, so any diplomacy must preserve Israeli freedom to stop nuclear rebuilding and proxy attacks.