New Threats Dampen Prospects for Peace Deal With Iran
In a social media posting, Iran’s reclusive supreme leader says vengeance for his father’s death “must inevitably be carried out.”
Mourners carry the coffin of the late Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for the final prayer before his burial at the Imam Reza Shrine at Mashhad, northeastern Iran, on July 9, 2026. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP
