Call for massive participation in Khamenei’s funeral
The head of the Iranian negotiating team, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, called on Thursday July 2 “to avenge” the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, killed by Israeli-American strikes at the end of February, by participating in large numbers at his funeral which begins on Saturday in Tehran.
“I invite all the Iranian people (…) to write a glorious page in the history of Islamic Iran through your presence,” said the influential Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who is also the President of Parliament, in a statement, adding that “the nation’s call for revenge must ring out in the ears of the whole world.”
Qatar reports “progress” on negotiations
US and Iranian negotiators made “positive progress” during their indirect talks in Doha, with the next round of talks planned after the funeral of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson said.
“Qatari and Pakistani mediators concluded separate meetings with American and Iranian negotiators in Doha today, with positive progress on issues related to the Islamabad memorandum of understanding, building on the results of the Lake Lucerne summit,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said on Wednesday on X.
