Huge crowds turn out in Tehran for funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ^77.1%

NBC News - By Richard Engel, Babak Dehghanpisheh, Freddie Clayton - 7/4/2026, 12:18 PM

Framing Effect 100% - Negativity Bias 76.7% - Hasty Generalization 76.7%

TEHRAN — Massive crowds showed up Saturday for the official start of the funeral of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran’s capital, the beginning of a weeklong mourning period that is meant to project the strength and resilience of the Islamic Republic. more