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Posted on 07/05/2026 1:05:54 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s slain supreme leader, had seemed immovable for decades, a man whose authority had become so deeply woven into Iran’s political and religious life that imagining the country without him felt almost impossible.
Now Tehran — the capital from which he ruled, where he was killed and which had shaped his life — is the center of his final journey, filled with mourners for funeral ceremonies taking place across several days, which are part farewell, part spectacle and part turning point.
In the days leading up to the first public mourning, the city changed. First gradually, and then all at once, in the way cities often change before moments of consequence.
Families from provincial towns rolled into Tehran, joining masses who revered Ayatollah Khamenei as patriarch and guardian of the Islamic republic, an order that so many others had long opposed while suffering under its deep repression. Foreign officials, many from authoritarian nations, militia members and religious leaders flew from all over the world, reflecting both Iran’s global reach and its distance from the West.
We traveled there as well, the first visit by New York Times journalists to the country since before the United States and Israel attacked Iran in late February and the government cracked down brutally on protests that started in December. We found a country trying to project strength and stability but pervaded by uncertainty.
We arrived in Tehran, a dense city of around nine million that spreads outward in a sprawl of apartment blocks, glass towers and tree-lined boulevards, with neighborhoods that shift in character from one district to the next. Beside the pomp and circumstance, war-damaged buildings stood scarred along major roads and daily life was still shaped by water shortages and electricity blackouts. Families who lost loved ones in...
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Slain? Patriarch? A man whose authority had become so deeply woven into Iran’s political and religious life? I think I’m going to be sick.
Don’t forget that he was a kind, gentle, beloved scholar of Shia theology!
He did the Jihad thing real well. Seventy Virgens will be waiting for him.
He needed killing.
bkmk
I don’t see much in the article that suggests things are changing in Iran.
Question: Why is the enticement of 72 virgins strong enough for you to die for it? Is it that hard to find a Muslim virgin? Just curious.
The name, Iranian Islamic Revolution was just that. The government of Iran was about promoting an “Islamic Revolution” throughout the world. The government promoted international terrorism against those that did not embrace the “correct” sect of the Muslim faith or against anyone who did not convert to the Muslim faith. The leader believed that democracy and modern concepts of civilized conduct were evil that needed to be stamped out.
Once again the New York slimes shows its true colors
The Times obviously didn’t have time to visit the famous Tehran dreidel factory.
,,, seventy isn't a lot to last for eternity. It gets worse when he finds they're goats.
He was just getting his life started. He was going to start college in the fall and become a rapper.
Things aren’t changing. Not yet. The moment the war is over, if the IRGC isn’t weakened enough, they will commit many January 2026’s to reassert control.
Hay, Hay
Ho’, Ho’
Shia Islam
Gots to Go!
You really love posting leftist BS don’t you.
You really love whining mindlessly like a little baby, don't you?
Name calling is about right. You should wait until you are old enough to drive before you post here.
Whatever you say, Newbie.
The jokes on him. All of those virgins have four legs.
Mr. Dahir making Uncle Walter proud in his being an apologist for the recently deceased Ayatollah, eh?
Is Virgen a new breed of goat?
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