Iranians rally to mark 40-day mourning for slain supreme leader Khamenei
President Masoud Pezeshkian joined tributes as supporters honored the slain leader in rallies that reflected Iran’s 40-day mourning rite after his death.
- On Thursday, millions of Iranians rallied in Tehran and hundreds of cities to mark the 40-day mourning period for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, performing coordinated military salutes and pledging allegiance to his ideals.
- Khamenei was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli air strikes on February 28, an attack that also claimed dozens of high-ranking officers and officials; the 40-day Islamic mourning tradition prompted supporters to delay public commemoration until Thursday.
- New Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei issued a defiant statement during the gatherings, vowing to "punish the aggressors who targeted our country" and demanding compensation for damages and martyrs' blood.
- A Pakistan-brokered two-week ceasefire announced Wednesday appears fragile amid major disagreements, with attendees expressing skepticism about negotiations and one participant saying American involvement is "a repetition of history."
- The conflict has claimed more than 170 civilians in a Minab school attack and hundreds more in infrastructure strikes, making mass tributes a show of domestic unity amid ongoing regional volatility.
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The current Iranian political system has spent its 47 years of life under the shadow of a charismatic personality that marked its course: that of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, its founder and first supreme leader (1979-1989). Often defined as “Ayatollah regime” — Jomeini blinded the tutelage of jurisconsults (clerics) over state decisions — the Islamic Republic is an autocracy that has continued to function in the 40 days of war, even after Israe…
Many were happy at first, when by surprise, at a routine meeting on Saturday morning Saturday is the first day of the week in Iran, Israel killed in a bombing the then supreme Iranian leader, Ayatollah Ali Jameneí. In the numerous waves of protests in the last decade, it was the object of the anger of the protesters, who cried out "death to the dictator." Continue reading....
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