Iran is holding a multi-day funeral for its former supreme leader Ali Khamenei in a show of defiance and resilience after a war with the US and Israel. patrick wintourThe diplomatic editor of the Guardian, there. “I’m just a dot on the numbers that you see from the helicopters. When I was in the mosque yesterday, it was completely overcrowded, packed, and people couldn’t get into the mosque. There were clearly over 50,000, 60,000 people there.”
Khamenei had ruled for 36 years until he was killed in an airstrike the day before in February. After such a shocking start to the war, it seemed as if Iran was facing an existential threat. Instead, explains Robert Malley, According to the US special envoy for Iran during Joe Biden’s presidency, the ceasefire agreement being negotiated is in Tehran’s favor.
