After Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral featured calls for Trump’s killing, the former president responded with threats toward Iran, signaling a marked escalation in U.S.-Iran tensions.
Iran is holding funeral rites for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a February airstrike during the U.S.-Israeli war, with ceremonies planned in five cities including Tehran and Mashhad as the regime seeks to project power and stabilize after the conflict. The event may feature Mojtaba Khamenei’s first public appearance since the attack, a signal of potential succession and implications for Iran’s regional posture and domestic security during a tentative postwar phase.
Hundreds gathered at Summer Grove Baptist Church in Shreveport as eight children—ages 3 to 11—were laid to rest after a mass shooting, an event that drew national attention and featured the survivor mothers alongside former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.