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The funeral that Iran staged for itself
Iran buried Ayatollah Khamenei on 10 July 2026 and immediately converted the procession into a regional soft-power broadcast. The ceremony was real; the meanings attached to it were not.

Sources
- Tasnim News English (Telegram channel): https://t.me/tasnimnews_en
- Fars News (Telegram channel): https://t.me/farsna
- IRNA English (Telegram channel): https://t.me/Irna_en
- Al-Alam Arabic (Telegram channel): https://t.me/alalamarabic
- Press TV (Telegram channel): https://t.me/presstv
- France 24, "Iran: Forewarnings and a Funeral, NATO, Le Pen" (10 July 2026)
Desk note: Monexus has held the body of this piece to what Iranian state-aligned outlets themselves say, in the order they say it. The Telegram items cited are the entire evidentiary base; independent wire corroboration of crowd size, casualty, or cause of death had not surfaced in the inputs as of publication.
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