The Den of Vipers

Not to be lost in the ceremony is the apparently deliberate symbolism of the chosen dates. Khamenei’s body is scheduled to lie in state on the 250th American Independence Day, while another key day in the procession coincides with a major Shiite commemoration of a historic religious figure’s death. ...I'm sure it's all just a massive coincidence...

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Four months after he was killed at the outset of the US-Israeli war on Iran, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is being memorialized in a weeklong funeral spectacle stretching across five cities in two countries, with millions of mourners expected to attend.