Iran Readies Graves for Khamenei Funeral Casualty Risk

WELT published at 14:53 IDT on July 3, and Iran International, Hindustan Times, Times of India and India Today carried the report on July 4, with Hindustan Times updating at 22:04 IDT, that Iranian authorities planned for a possible mass-casualty disaster during Ali Khamenei's funeral. The reports say a classified letter from the Iranian Red Crescent and national crisis-management body projected 1,500 to 3,000 possible deaths and that a special unit would handle the dead and missing. They also report thousands of fresh graves at Tehran's Behesht-e Zahra cemetery; Iran International notes the 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.