Overview
- Iran interred Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, ending a six‑day state funeral that state media and officials said drew mass turnouts across Iran and Iraq.
- Mojtaba Khamenei, who was named supreme leader in March, has not appeared publicly since the February 28 strikes and is reported by senior Tehran sources to have suffered severe facial and limb injuries.
- State organisers used the funerals to project regime unity through ritual sites, heavy security and mass mobilization while some crowds chanted calls for revenge that included explicit threats against President Donald Trump.
- The final rites took place as US‑Iran military exchanges resumed during the funeral week, even as technical‑level talks mediated by Qatar and Pakistan continued, adding strain to the recent ceasefire framework.
- A condolence ceremony in Qom is scheduled next and world attention is focused on whether Mojtaba will make a first public appearance, a development that could affect the new leader's domestic legitimacy and regional diplomacy.