04:13 AM • July 05 2026 IDT
At Khamenei's funeral, Iran's new leaders inherit his legacy of destruction and ambition
Most of Iran's population has known no leader other than Khamenei, whose mass-mourning ceremonies began Friday. That same public is waiting to see who is actually making decisions, and whether the new leaders will succeed in turning Iran into one of the world's central players
Haaretz
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"Death is ostensibly the end. But in politics, it is often the beginning of something else. First, it's a rewriting of the past, a struggle over memory and a renewed effort to preserve or rebuild legitimacy." That's how Iranian publicist Ali Reza Najafi began his article entitled "When death speaks the language of power," which was published on Saturday on the pro-government website Rouydad 24.
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