Overview
- A six-day state funeral that drew huge crowds ended this week with Ali Khamenei buried at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, closing nationwide and regional mourning rituals.
- Iran has formally named Mojtaba Khamenei supreme leader, but he has remained mostly out of public view and is widely reported to have been wounded in the February strike that killed his father.
- State media released a new photograph of Mojtaba this weekend, and independent analysts have flagged the image as likely edited with AI tools, complicating outside verification of his condition and location.
- Mojtaba issued a written vow of revenge and Iran’s judiciary and at least one national newspaper have named alleged perpetrators, signaling intent to pursue legal and retaliatory measures against U.S. and Israeli figures.
- Military exchanges have resumed intermittently between Iran and U.S./Israeli forces, a Tehran memorial for Tuesday has been announced with Mojtaba’s attendance unconfirmed, and regional security risks such as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remain elevated.