Editorial photo #13952125 Religion and Belief

25th Muharram Processions In Kashmir, India

A Kashmiri Shia Muslim woman sits beside portraits of Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, slain Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, slain Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, and late Iranian security chief Ali Larijani during a Muharram procession on the 25th day of the Islamic month of Muharram in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on July 11, 2026. The situation involving Iran, Israel, and the United States has intensified following recent military operations and responses by the involved parties. Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, pledges to avenge the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was buried in Mashhad. He states in a funeral message reported by Iranian state media, ''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 attempt to harm him after funeral ceremonies for Ali Khamenei featured banners in English calling for the deaths of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo by Firdous Nazir/NurPhoto)