[US-Israel, Iran War Day #127] Khamenei Funeral Opens in Tehran, 5 More Protesters Sentenced to Death

In Brief…

• Next US-Iran talks to be held in Pakistan July 11
• German newspaper Die Welt reported that Iranian authorities had prepared for the possibility that between 1,500 and 3,000 people could die during former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s week-long funeral ceremonies, citing a classified document and municipal sources in Tehran.
• Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi has warned that Ali Khamenei’s week-long funeral could become a deadly state spectacle, saying Iranians were again being made to pay the price for a government display of power.
• Neither Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei nor any of Ali Khamenei’s other three sons were present at Friday’s ceremony. Mojtaba’s father-in-law, Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel, appeared to act as the representative of the Khamenei family.
• Funeral processions for Ali Khamenei began in Tehran on Friday without the attendance of any major world leaders as his coffin was brought to Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla.

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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[UPDATE] Egypt urges momentum on US-Iran MoU to sustain de-escalation