Overview
- Iran completed six days of state-organized funerals that moved the late supreme leader's coffin through holy Shiite sites in Najaf, Kerbala and Qom before he was buried at the Imam Reza mausoleum in Mashhad on Thursday.
- The ceremonies drew millions of mourners and featured loud anti‑American and anti‑Israeli rhetoric, which Iranian authorities framed as a transnational show of unity for the so‑called axis of resistance.
- Mojtaba Khamenei, named successor in March, remained absent from public events and has communicated only through attributed statements while reports say he was wounded in the strike that killed his father.
- Hostilities between the United States and Iran have resumed with U.S. strikes in early July, Iranian reprisals against Gulf neighbors, disruptions to transport and infrastructure and President Trump declaring the June ceasefire terminated.
- Regional risks have risen because of attacks on commercial shipping and control moves around the Strait of Hormuz, civilian casualties and transport disruptions that could deepen economic and security fallout for Gulf states and ordinary people.