Editorial photo #13952121 Religion and Belief

25th Muharram Processions In Kashmir, India

A Kashmiri Shia Muslim woman walks past a billboard featuring the portraits of (right to left) Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, during a Muharram procession on the 25th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on July 11, 2026. Tensions involving Iran, Israel, and the United States have escalated following recent military operations and responses by the involved parties. Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has vowed to seek retribution for the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was buried in the holy city of Mashhad. In a funeral message reported by Iranian state media, he stated, ''We pledge that we will take revenge for the pure blood of the martyred leader and all the martyrs of these two wars from the criminal and disgraced killers.'' Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump cautioned Iran against any attempts on his life after funeral ceremonies for Ali Khamenei featured numerous English-language banners calling for the deaths of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo by Firdous Nazir/NurPhoto)