As Iran buries Khamenei, it shifts from 'a theocracy to a nationalistic military leadership'

According to France 24, the marathon funeral for Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei is drawing to a close, with his coffin arriving in the city of Mashhad after a week of mass processions across the country. Those processions echoed with revenge slogans directed at Trump, and they come as strikes between the United States and Iran have resumed. France 24 reports that Tehran is using the funeral to project an image to the world of a regime that has weathered the war. Correspondent Angela Diffley frames the moment as a broader shift in Iran, from a theocracy toward a more nationalistic, military-led leadership.

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