Khamenei Funeral Procession Starts in Tehran as Talks Pause

Current July 6 Israel-time reporting says Iran declared that the Tehran procession for former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had begun, moving from Imam Hussein Square toward Azadi Square as authorities predicted 15 to 20 million participants. The published accounts say Khamenei's flag-draped coffin and relatives killed with him on February 28 are being carried by truck toward Mehrabad airport, while Tehran has shut streets, airspace and daily life for mourning. The regime is using the spectacle to project continuity after the Israeli-American strike that removed its longtime leader, and U.S.-Iran talks on Hormuz, nuclear rollback and ending the war appear paused until burial. Israel should treat the mobilization as propaganda and as a warning that Tehran remains committed to proxy pressure and anti-Israel revenge.