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Hundreds of thousands gather for Ayatollah Khamenei's funeral in Iran

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published July 6, 2026 at 10:53 AM CDT
The truck carrying the coffins of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family makes its way through mourners during the funeral procession toward Azadi Tower in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 6, 2026. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
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The truck carrying the coffins of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family makes its way through mourners during the funeral procession toward Azadi Tower in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 6, 2026. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

In Tehran on Monday, Iranians thronged the funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a U.S.-Israeli airstrike in February.

Roben Farzad, host of the podcast Full Disclosure, joins Here & Now‘s Robin Young to reflect on Khamenei’s decades of iron rule and the regime his son is continuing as peace talks stall between Iran and the U.S.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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