Iran Buries Khamenei, Killed in U.S.-Israeli Strike
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- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's long-delayed funeral ceremonies are set to begin Friday, after the Supreme Leader was killed during U.S.-Israeli strikes at the war's outset.
- Iran's regime is treating the funeral as a critical moment to demonstrate that it has endured the loss of its Supreme Leader.
Why it matters: Source frames Khamenei's funeral as a critical test for the regime to demonstrate it has endured after U.S.-Israeli strikes killed the Supreme Leader at the war's outset. The ceremony's scale and optics become the regime's public proof of institutional survival.
