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Iran opens Khamenei funeral as Trump vows calm
Iran opens Khamenei's six-day funeral, drawing huge Tehran crowds after a U.S.-Israeli strike killed him in February
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Iran opened a six-day funeral for Ali Khamenei after a February U.S.-Israeli airstrike killed him. Crowds gathered at Tehran's Grand Mosalla mosque and Trump said neither side would fire during the proceedings.
- Frame 1Iran opens Khamenei's six-day funeral, drawing huge Tehran crowds after a U.S.-Israeli strike killed him in February.
- Frame 2At Grand Mosalla mosque, mourners fill divided sections while officials present the ceremony as a resistance message.
- Frame 3The funeral route extends from Tehran toward Mashhad, with Karbala and Najaf added at Iraqi politicians' request.
- Frame 4Organizers expect tens of millions across several days, a scale aimed at world attention.
- Frame 5Trump says neither side will shoot during the ceremonies, making the funeral a test of wartime restraint.
- Frame 6Final signal: whether promised calm survives the procession, burial, and renewed talks with Iran.
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