Editorial photo #13952133 Religion and Belief

25th Muharram Processions In Kashmir, India

Kashmiri Muslims walk 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. The situation involving Iran, Israel, and the United States has intensified following recent military operations by the opposing sides. Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, pledges to avenge 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 states, ''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 warns Iran against any attempt to assassinate him 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)