New escalation overshadows state funeral in Iran

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New escalation overshadows state funeral in Iran

The US bombs targets in Iran two nights in a row. The country, for its part, reports attacks on US destroyers. Meanwhile, the burial of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ends a political era.

After the massive air strikes by the US military, the… Iran the fear of a return to open war. The USA According to their own statements, they bombed around 90 military targets. It was the second night in a row that there were attacks. Iran responded with its own attacks. Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordanwhich house important US military bases, are again under attack. Meanwhile, the burial of slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ends a decades-long political era in the Islamic Republic.

Iranian media reported explosions in several areas along the country’s coast overnight. Civilian infrastructure was also destroyed, as images from state media showed. At least 14 people were killed and 78 others were injured, the government press service said. Passenger traffic came to a standstill on the important Tehran-Mashhad railway line.

During the day, according to government reports, Iran’s armed forces attacked US destroyers and US ships off the coast of Bahrain with cruise missiles. During the night, the Revolutionary Guards targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain with rockets. These countries are only a few hundred kilometers away from Iran as the crow flies. Jordan’s armed forces, which were the target of attacks for the first time in weeks, said they fired eight rockets.

The military confrontation came amid funeral ceremonies for Khamenei. The former head of state was to be buried in the Imam Reza shrine in his hometown of Mashhad on Thursday. On Wednesday we were in the neighboring one IraqAccording to official estimates, three million people gathered for funeral services in , where a majority of Shiites live.

Khamenei was killed on February 28 in an Israeli airstrike on his official residence in Tehran. For more than five weeks, the USA and Israel then war against Iran until a ceasefire was agreed at the beginning of April. Despite the ceasefire and a framework agreement to end the war, mutual attacks occurred several times.

His supporters revere Khamenei as a martyr who, in their view, fell while resisting a militarily superior enemy. However, a large proportion of the country’s approximately 86 million inhabitants are likely to be indifferent or hostile to national mourning.

Even before the burial, there was much speculation in Iran about the whereabouts of Khamenei’s successor and son Moschtaba. He was appointed the new head of state a week after his father’s death. However, he has not appeared in public since then. This sparked rumors about his health and there was talk of serious injuries.