The crowd at the Imam Khamenei Grand Mosalla prayer complex in Tehran for the funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, July 6, 2026

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EA on India News 9: Will Israel’s Targeted Assassinations Block US-Iran Deal?

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I joined India’s WION on Sunday to evaluate the mass funeral ceremonies for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, assassinated on the first day of the US-Israel War.

I explain why, only six months after nationwide protests against the regime, millions of Iranians have turned out to mourn Khamenei and to call for retribution against the Trump Administration and the Israelis.

I note that while many Iranians — some of them whom I know — want the reform or even removal of the regime, they cannot pursue this while the Trump camp and Israel are attacking their country.

And I analyze how Israel’s misguided or deliberately misleading claim of a “rising” in Iran pushed the Trumpists to abandon talks and turn to war in late February.