Inside the Funeral of Ayatollah Khamenei: A Correspondent’s Account

Our Middle East correspondent, Abdi Latif Dahir, was present at the opening day of the funeral proceedings for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the former supreme leader of Iran, who was killed in U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in February.

By Abdi Latif Dahir, Michael Anthony Adams, Mikhail Galustov, Coleman Lowndes and Rebecca Suner

July 5, 2026

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