Iran Readies Graves for Khamenei Funeral Casualty Risk

Iranian authorities planned for a possible mass-casualty disaster during Ali Khamenei's funeral, according to reports emerging July 3-4. A classified letter from the Iranian Red Crescent and national crisis-management body projected 1,500 to 3,000 possible deaths and said a special unit would handle the dead and missing. Thousands of fresh graves were prepared at Tehran's Behesht-e Zahra cemetery, though the underlying claims are not independently confirmed. For Israel, the story exposes a brittle enemy regime turning a funeral into a power display while threatening Israel and hosting terror allies.