Sunday, July 05, 2026

Why Iran's Unseen Leader Remains in the Shadows • FRANCE 24 English

July 5, 2026 | The images emerging from Tehran are striking. Tens of thousands of mourners dressed in black have gathered at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla for the funeral and lying in state of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, following his assassination on the opening day of a war between Iran and the United States on February 28. Negar Mortazavi is an Iranian-American journalist, Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, and host of the Iran Podcast.