Khamenei is buried as his son consolidates power

Iran buried its late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, more than four months after he was killed in the opening U.S.-Israeli strikes of the war, following a days-long public funeral that drew waves of mourners. His son and successor, Mojtaba Khamenei, thanked the tens of millions he said attended, even as he has yet to appear publicly since taking power.

Why this matters. The burial closes the symbolic chapter opened by Khamenei's killing and formalizes Mojtaba's succession, the hardline camp now driving Iran's Hormuz brinkmanship and its distrust of the U.S. talks.