Iran begins Khamenei funeral months after wartime killing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Authorities are likely to encourage the public, government employees and paramilitary forces to turn out, while the uneasy ceasefire period and an interim deal with the US appear to have given officials the confidence to hold the ceremonies and appear in public. Khamenei, who led Iran for nearly four decades, was killed on February 28 when the US and Israel jointly launched the war.
39% : Months after Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed at the start of the war with the United States and Israel, the country is set to hold a dayslong funeral and burial ceremony beginning on Saturday in Tehran.

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