Khamenei Funeral Footage Exposes Hard-Line Attacks on Pezeshkian and Araghchi

Fresh Thursday coverage of funeral footage showed hard-line Iranian factions turning Ali Khamenei's Tehran funeral into a public confrontation with President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, the officials identified with renewed U.S. talks after Israel killed Khamenei in the opening strike of the war on February 28. Crowds surrounded Pezeshkian and chanted "death to the compromiser" or "death to the appeaser," while Araghchi faced chants including "death to the traitor" and "shameless." Several reports described hostile chanting, while others said the crowd also physically attacked the officials and that a rock was thrown at Araghchi. The confrontation exposed regime splits between figures pressing negotiations and harder-line factions demanding revenge against Israel and the United States.