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La CNN partecipa al corteo funebre del defunto Leader Supremo iraniano, l'Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
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• Processione funebre: Le più grandi folle funebri finora sono state viste a Teheran, con centinaia di migliaia di persone che hanno riempito le strade della città sperando di vedere la bara del defunto Leader Supremo Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Il team della CNN sul campo ha assistito ai partecipanti a giurare vendetta contro gli Stati Uniti e Israele.

• Successore assente: Il figlio e successore di Khamenei, Mojtaba, non è ancora apparso pubblicamente dopo l'uccisione del padre. L'ex presidente iraniano e controverso Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ha partecipato al funerale, segnando una rara apparizione dopo anni di allontanamento dal leader ucciso.

• La minaccia di Israele: Nel frattempo, il ministro della Difesa israeliano Israel Katz ha dichiarato che qualsiasi leader iraniano che "tenti di avanzare nei piani per distruggere Israele sarà ostacolato." Ha aggiunto che Khamenei è stato ucciso "perché ha avviato e guidato il piano per distruggere Israele."

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People attend a funeral procession for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Monday. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/Reuters

Monday, the climax of the funeral events in Tehran, saw the largest crowds yet on the streets of Iran’s capital city.

The nearly 20-kilometer-long (12 miles) procession route, stretching through the center of Tehran, was packed full of mourners hoping to see the late Ayatollah’s coffin up close.

No official figures have been released on the turnout Monday but the crowds easily numbered in the hundreds of thousands.

Many had traveled into Tehran from other cities in Iran.

The atmosphere is extremely charged up. Many of the people here – and it’s a big big crowd – are screaming, “Death to America” and vowing revenge both against the United States as well as President Donald Trump and against Israel as well.

The government has brought out people in force. They say they expect several million people to come out on the street to witness this as the casket is now making its way through Tehran to then, at some point, be brought to other cities in Iran and Iraq before being taken to its final resting place in the east of Iran in Mashhad.

CNN operates in Iran only with the permission of the government but maintains full editorial control of its reports.

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CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports from Khamenei's funeral procession
By Joseph Ataman, Frederik Pleitgen and Claudia Otto in Tehran and Catherine Nicholls in London
CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports from the funeral of Iran's former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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The public funeral procession for Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is underway in Tehran today, and a CNN team is on the ground.

Mourners waving flags and holding pictures of Khamenei crowded the street, chanting phrases such as “death to America” and “death to Israel.”

One woman told CNN that she had come out to “seek the revenge for the blood of our leader,” adding that she will “not abandon this goal for a second.”

Watch more from the funeral procession in the video above.

CNN operates in Iran only with the permission of the government but maintains full editorial control of its reports.

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In pictures: Coffins pass through packed Tehran streets
By CNN's Photo Desk

Huge crowds have gathered in central Tehran today as a vehicle holding several coffins painted with the Iranian flag made its way down the streets during the public funeral for Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Mourners surround a truck carrying the coffins of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family during a funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, on July 6. Vahid Salemi/AP
People gather along a street in Tehran during the funeral procession. AFP/Getty Images
Mourners chant while holding flower-framed portraits of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Altaf Qadri/AP
A person paints the name of US President Donald Trump on a banner. Majid Asgaripour/Wana News Agency/Reuters
Water is sprayed to keep attendees cool as a vehicle carrying the coffins of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family members drives through the crowded streets of Tehran. Mohammed Salem/Reuters
Mourners shout slogans on the day of the funeral procession. Murad Sezer/Reuters
A vehicle carrying the coffins of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family members makes its way through the crowds. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/Reuters
A banner depicting Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hangs on a wall on the day of his funeral procession. Majid Asgaripour/Wana News Agency/Reuters
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Khamenei's funeral procession is underway in Tehran. Here's what we're seeing on the ground
By Catherine Nicholls
Reuters

The third day of the public funeral for Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is underway in Tehran, where the main procession is taking place.

Later this week, processions are expected to take place in the Iranian city of Qom and in Iraq before Khamenei’s burial in the town he was born.

Khamenei’s son and successor Mojtaba has still not appeared publicly since his father was killed in an airstrike as the US and Israel launched their war with Iran on February 28..

Here’s a look at what’s happened today:

From dawn, crowds of mourners wearing black clothing poured onto the streets of central Tehran ahead of Khamenei’s funeral procession.
Some hours later, a vehicle holding coffins painted with the Iranian flag began to drive down the streets of central Tehran. Frequent loud cries of “death to America, death to Israel” were heard from the crowd.
Many mourners were seen waving a red and white flag, which symbolizes martyrdom and revenge in the Shia Muslim tradition. The flags of Iran and Hezbollah were also seen in the crowd.

CNN’s Joseph Ataman, Frederik Pleitgen, Claudia Otto, Aida Karimi and Lex Harvey contributed to this reporting. CNN operates in Iran only with the permission of the government but maintains full editorial control of its reports.

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Iran’s controversial former president Ahmadinejad appears at Khamenei funeral for first time since war
By Mostafa Salem

Iran’s hardline and controversial former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attended the funeral of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, marking a rare appearance after years of estrangement from the slain leader.

Ahmadinejad’s tenure polarized the Islamic Republic and his presidency gained notoriety for controversial world views. In 2009, his re-election sparked the Green Movement – at the time the largest anti-government protests in the history of the Islamic Republic – over claims of vote rigging.

Despite the protests, Khamenei came out strongly in favor of the election results and backed Ahmadinejad, although their relationship soured in the years that followed and in recent years the former president was sidelined.

Iranian media reports said at the early days of the war said a strike on his home injured Ahmadinejad. His attendance at Khamenei’s funeral marks the first time he appears publicly since the war.

A picture on Iranian media showed him walking among the large crowds attending the funeral procession in Tehran.

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — a closer look at Iran's slain Supreme Leader
By Abbas Al Lawati and Laura Smith-Spark
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to his supporters during his visit to Mashhad, Iran, on March 21, 2018. AP

To his supporters, Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was the steadfast, fearless leader who transcended mere politics and inspired devotion. To his critics, Iranian and foreign, he was a feared tyrant bent on crushing those opposed to him while keeping his country isolated from the West.

He was only the second leader of the Islamic Republic and by far the longest-serving.

Khamenei, who was born in 1939 in Mashhad, Iran’s holiest city, became a Shiite Muslim cleric at a young age. He was an activist before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, helping to organize protests against the shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and serving time in prison for it.

He was also a target for the new Islamic regime’s opponents and escaped an assassination attempt in 1981 that left his right arm useless.

Not long afterward, he was elected president on a platform deeply hostile to the West and its liberal ideology, and especially to the United States — threatening a hard fight in the event of war.

“We in no way are willing to start an all-out war with the US, but if it so happens, we will inevitably put up a very strong defense,” he said.

He was a protégé of Iran’s previous supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who led the struggle to overthrow the shah and founded the Islamic Republic. When Khomeini died in 1989, Khamenei became his successor within a matter of weeks.

Read more about the late supreme leader in our obituary here.

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At Khamenei’s funeral procession, mourners wave a flag steeped in symbolism
By Aida Karimi and Lex Harvey
CNN

At the funeral procession for Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, many mourners are waving a red and white flag which symbolizes martyrdom and revenge in the Shia Muslim tradition.

The flag, which has the Farsi words “Ya Hussein” on it, refers to the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed and a revered Shia figure. Hussein was killed during the Battle of Karbala, which cemented the permanent divide between Sunni and Shia Muslims.

While the flag is widely used as a religious invocation across the Shia Muslim world, the Iranian regime has also used “Ya Hussein” imagery to frame modern conflicts through the symbolism of Karbala, portraying them as a continuation of Hussein’s stand against injustice.

The flag has been prominently displayed after other major events such as the killing of top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in 2020, serving as a symbol of martyrdom, resistance and, in the regime’s messaging, retaliation. The flag was also draped over Khamenei’s casket in images published last week by his official X account.

Casket holding the body of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei X/@Khamenei_fa

The Iranian flag and Hezbollah’s green and yellow flag are also common fixtures in the crowd mourning Khamenei.

Khamenei’s assassination has made him “far more powerful symbolically in death than he was in life,” Sina Toossi, a senior nonresident fellow at the Center of International Policy, previously told CNN.

“Khamenei is now being framed as a martyred religious authority, akin to revered Shia saints who were martyred, whose worldview was vindicated by the manner of his death.”

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Khamenei’s funeral falls during the Islamic month of Muharram, when Shia Muslims honor Hussein and his martyrdom.

As part of this week’s commemorations, Khamenei’s body will be transported to the Shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala, Iraq, the same site as the famous battle, before he is buried at the Imam Reza shrine, in Mashhad, Khamenei’s hometown.

Mostafa Salem contributed reporting.

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Israeli defense minister threatens Iranian leaders
By Xiaoqian Lin and Tal Shalev
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz makes statements in Athens, Greece, January 20. Thanassis Stavrakis/AP/File

As Iran holds a multi-day funeral for its slain leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said any Iranian leader who “attempts to advance plans to destroy Israel will be thwarted.”

“Ayatollah Khamenei, whose funeral is taking place now, was eliminated by Israel because he initiated and led the plan to destroy Israel in Iran and across the region,” said Katz, according to a spokesperson on Monday.

He added that US-Israel strikes on Iran “removed the immediate existential threats facing Israel and severely damaged Iran’s strategic capabilities.”

He also slammed mourners who were chanting “Death to Trump” during the funeral, calling them “disgraceful” and that they “reveal the true nature of the ayatollah regime.”

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Who runs Iran now and how it works
By Christian Edwards

The structure of Iran’s regime was built following the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

This swept away Iran’s monarchy and birthed a state that is part theocracy, part republic, with a handful of semi-democratic institutions swaddled by a system that is ultimately clerical.

Here’s a look at how power operates in the country:

Supreme leader: Atop Iran’s power structure is the supreme leader — a position currently filled by Mojtaba Khamenei. The leader is the head of state, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and has authority over the national police and morality police. He also appoints half of the 12 members of the Guardian Council; Iran’s parliament selects the other half.
Guardian Council: This 12-jurist body oversees the activities of Iran’s parliament, determining if laws passed are compatible with sharia and can demand that legislation be revised. The council also approves candidates for parliament, the presidency, and the Assembly of Experts – meaning it can block certain candidates from running for public office.
Assembly of Experts: This body of 88 jurists, directly elected by the public from a list of candidates vetted by the Guardian Council, is tasked with checking the authority of the supreme leader. But it is not clear how the assembly exercises its power: it only meets for one week a year; its meetings are secret; and it is not known to have ever challenged a supreme leader’s decisions.
President: The head of the elected government is directly answerable to the supreme leader. Eligible for a maximum of two four-year terms, the president implements policies within the framework set out by the supreme leader and spearheads Iran’s diplomacy.
Parliament: With 290 members, also elected to four-year terms, the parliament drafts legislation, ratifies treaties and approves the budget. Its sessions are open to the public and its deliberations are broadcast.
Security services: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is an elite military unit tasked with defending the regime, comprising between 150,000 and 190,000 troops, and has an army, navy, air force and intelligence wing. The Basij – a volunteer branch of the IRGC – is responsible for enforcing Islamic morality among the public.
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Vehicle holding coffins passes through packed Tehran streets
By Joseph Ataman, Frederik Pleitgen and Claudia Otto in Tehran and Lex Harvey
Telegram/Tasnim

A vehicle holding several coffins painted with the Iranian flag is making its way down the streets of central Tehran as part of the main funeral procession for slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The ornate vehicle holding the coffins is white and green, according to footage from Reuters. The sides are partly open to the crowds so they can see the coffins inside.

Video from Iranian state media shows a hearse carrying the coffin of former Supreme Leader Khamenei and others surrounded by huge crowds in Tehran. Telegram/Mehr News

The procession route is packed to capacity and the mourners have spilled onto side streets, with many hoping to gain a glimpse of the passing cortège, according to CNN journalists on the ground.

The sounds of competing chants are filling the air, with frequent loud cries of “Death to America, death to Israel.”

Reuters

Video from Reuters news agency also shows people burning the Union Jack and the American flag, while others held up banners with images of US leaders in crosshairs.

Water jets are spraying mist to cool down the mourners, who are mostly wearing black, with temperatures set to reach 37 degrees Celsius (98 degrees Fahrenheit) in Tehran today, according to the UK Met Office.

Khamenei was killed along with several members of his family in an airstrike as the US and Israel launched their war with Iran on February 28.

This post has been updated with additional information.

CNN operates in Iran only with the permission of the government but maintains full editorial control of its reports.

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