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Massive crowds in Iraq are paying final respects to Iran’s late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as his funeral procession winds through Najaf and Karbala, with some fans rushing the coffin—forcing it to be lowered for safety. Meanwhile, tensions in the Persian Gulf spike as U.S. strikes retaliate for alleged Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, followed by Iranian strikes on targets in Kuwait and Bahrain, threatening any fragile peace talks. Khamenei, killed in a U.S.-Israeli airstrike in February at age 86, was one of Iran’s most powerful leaders. His son, the new supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, remains conspicuously absent from the ceremonies, rumored to be hiding and possibly injured from the same strike that killed his father—adding to the chaos as the war’s future hangs in the balance.

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