The Iranian regime has commenced a multi-day mourning period for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the architect of decades of regional instability who was eliminated in a February strike by U.S. and Israeli forces.
Tehran is attempting to project strength and unity by organizing massive funeral processions, with officials claiming they expect up to 20 million participants to flood the streets. The spectacle includes shutting down private offices, imposing strict traffic restrictions, and closing airspace to accommodate the state-managed display.
Khamenei’s remains are scheduled to lie in state at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla before being moved to Iraq and finally to his burial site in Mashhad. This orchestrated mourning comes as the regime attempts to maintain control following the transition of power to Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba, who has remained conspicuously absent from public view.
While the regime clings to its propaganda, the reality remains that the strike against Khamenei was a necessary blow against a hostile theocracy that has long sponsored terror across the globe.
The current fragile ceasefire between Iran and the United States does not erase the fact that the world is safer following the removal of a leader who dedicated his life to the destruction of American interests and regional peace.
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