France24 • 7/5/2026

Iranian leaders participated in prayers over the casket of late supreme leader Ali Khamenei during the second day of funeral ceremonies. Arash Azizi, a contributing writer at the Atlantic, stated that Iran needs to "normalise relations with the US somehow" to address its struggling economy, which has been severely impacted by ongoing conflicts with the US and Israel.
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