Khamenei Funeral Tests Iran After Four-Month Delay

Washington Post published at 13:40 IDT that Iran began funeral rites for Ali Khamenei after a four-month delay, saying the regime waited for a tentative truce and U.S. July Fourth focus before staging multi-city ceremonies. AP and Times of Israel report hundreds of thousands at Tehran's Grand Mosalla, anti-U.S. and anti-Israel revenge chants, and Mojtaba Khamenei still out of sight. CBS says the funeral pause pushed U.S.-Iran meetings until after commemorations. Iran International reports state-linked pressure on workers and institutions to attend. For Israel, the ceremony is not strength but evidence that deterrence forced Tehran to plan a guarded display around a dead terror patron.