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Khamenei Funeral and US-Iran Military Exchanges
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The episode's lead story is both a funeral and a war dispatch. Massive crowds swarmed the truck carrying Khamenei's casket and the caskets of four killed family members through Mashhad, the holy city of his birth, as people in black performed ritual Islamic funeral prayers [1] — Hadil Al-Shalchi "Iran buried its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei as crowds flooded Mashhad and fighter jets secured the skies. Meanwhile, US CENTCOM struc…" 00:15 . Iranian state media reported that military fighter jets secured the skies overhead — a striking fusion of mourning and military posture. But the war did not pause for the funeral: US CENTCOM announced Wednesday strikes on Iranian military installations, itself a retaliation for Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran then struck back, targeting US military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain. Hadil Al-Shalchi, reporting from Istanbul, captures the dual reality of a nation grieving its leader while its military trades blows with the world's most powerful armed force.
Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was laid to rest, with huge crowds and military jets securing his birthplace Mashhad during the funeral.
Iran buried its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei as crowds flooded Mashhad and fighter jets secured the skies. Meanwhile, US CENTCOM struck Iranian military installations over Strait of Hormuz ship attacks, and Iran hit back at US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.
US CENTCOM announced strikes on Iranian military installations in retaliation for Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
