Day 128 of the WarSunday, July 5, 2026
Day 128 — Khamenei's Funeral Prayer Held Four Months On as Three Sons Pray and Heir Mojtaba Stays Invisible; Crowds Call to Assassinate Trump; a Reported Quds Force 'Mukhtar' Unit Ties Cartels to the Plot; Iran Names a New Hormuz Navy Commander; a Drone-Fist Propaganda Show Over Tehran
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The Burial Prayer — Three Sons at the Coffin, the Heir Still Invisible
Iran- Per Radio Farda, the funeral prayer over Ali Khamenei's body was held Sunday at 8 a.m. by Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani, more than four months after his death; three of his sons — Mostafa, Meysam and Masoud — prayed beside the coffin, but the new supreme leader Mojtaba did not appear, per Open Source Intel.source
- Exiled activist Masih Alinejad answered the state grief with contempt: 'Khamenei's sons are weeping. His victims' families wept for decades. Cry harder. It still won't be enough' — noting Mojtaba, appointed behind closed doors, remains invisible.source
Kill the Man Who Killed My Imam — Calls to Assassinate Trump at the Funeral
US / Coalition- Per Open Source Intel, calls to assassinate President Trump were heard before tens of thousands at Khamenei's funeral events, with one speaker declaring, 'Why should we not kill the man who killed my imam?' LiveIranNews reports regime loyalists and state-backed chanters openly demanded his assassination.source
- At the funeral events, per LiveIranNews, regime supporters covered walls with messages calling for the destruction of America, the assassination of President Trump, and revenge — a state-backed display leaving little doubt about the message.source
The Mukhtar Unit — Quds Force Plot Reportedly Reaches the Cartels
US / Coalition- Per Open Source Intel citing C14, new intelligence reports indicate Iran's Quds Force has reportedly established a unit called Mukhtar, working with Mexican cartels and elements of the Iranian diaspora to plan assassinations of President Trump — an alleged plot mirroring the day's funeral threats.source
New Hands on Hormuz — Iran Names a Fresh IRGC Navy Commander
Gulf & Naval- Per Open Source Intel, Iranian state TV introduced Ali Ozmaei as the new IRGC Navy commander tasked with controlling the Hormuz and the IRGC Navy, replacing Alireza Tangsiri — who was killed in an Israeli strike during the recent war.source
Propaganda in the Sky — a Drone Show and a Manufactured Grief
Global- Simultaneous with the burial ceremony, hundreds of drones formed an image of Khamenei's clenched fist over Tehran, per LiveIranNews — a propaganda display staged in the sky over the capital.source
- Masih Alinejad answered images of weeping Iranians by drawing the parallel to North Koreans crying for Kim: 'The same playbook. When a regime controls every school, every mosque, every TV channel for 45 years, yes, some people will cry' — the product of decades of psychological control.source