Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after an airstrike killed him at the start of the US-Israeli war. Authorities unveiled the casket containing Khamenei's body in a glass case at the Grand Mosalla in Tehran, per the Korea Times. Mourners wept at the sight, with some chanting "Our word is one! Revenge! Revenge!" Billboards across the city bore Khamenei's image. Per Al Jazeera, the funeral is historic with millions in mourning. Per the Guardian, the funeral is expected to extend across six days.
What did the casket-unveiling look like? Authorities unveiled the casket containing Khamenei's body in a glass case at the Grand Mosalla mosque in Tehran. The glass-case display is the highest-profile public-mourning configuration for a Supreme Leader — allowing millions of mourners to view the body directly, which reinforces the loss's political-legitimacy weight.
How did mourners respond? Some carried banners and flags. Crowds of men rhythmically beat their chests in mourning — a common practice at Shiite funerals. The revenge-chants signal sustained regime-internal mobilisation.
Why is public confirmation of the death happening now? Iran has publicly admitted for the first time via the funeral that Khamenei was killed at the start of the war. The delayed public admission reframes the entire subsequent Iran-US diplomatic sequence — including the Versailles signing under 
Donald Trump and Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian.
How does this fit the war narrative? The airstrike that killed Khamenei happened at the start of the US-Israeli war on Feb 28. Iranian public-admission of the death now — after months of ambiguity — signals the regime has consolidated a succession-track sufficient to absorb the political-shock of the loss.
Who succeeds Khamenei? Iranian succession procedures depend on the Assembly of Experts. The regime's readiness to publicly admit Khamenei's death implies that succession has been substantively resolved.
What's the "millions" figure? Per the Guardian and Al Jazeera, millions mourn at the six-day funeral. Six-day funerals for Supreme Leaders operate as legitimacy-transfer events — the scale of turnout is a political indicator of regime-cohesion capacity.
What's the "revenge" chant implication? The chants telegraph that any post-Khamenei Iranian regime will face pressure to signal continued kinetic posture toward the US and Israel, complicating the Versailles-deal implementation track and the Trump-Vance diplomatic architecture.
Figures referenced: Donald Trump. — JudgeMarket.
