Richard Engel

The ceremony was held to mourn the slain leader, but it was also a show of solidarity and anger with calls for revenge.

Even larger crowds are expected Monday, when Khamenei's casket will be taken on a procession through the streets of Tehran.

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“It is important to note that this is the real Islamic Republic of Iran,” one mourner told NBC News. “The popularity of the people is the real power.”

There was no indication of increased militarization on the streets of the capital, where a banner calling for “revenge” looms following Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral.

There were signs Friday that some U.S. allies in the Middle East may be losing patience with the daily escalation and lack of diplomatic progress. “It's only getting crazier,” one senior Arab official, directly involved with diplomatic efforts, told NBC News.

Failure to act on “the rising swell in Jewish settler terror activity” could “prove more catastrophic” than the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, hundreds of retired Israeli officers have warned.

Maryna, 37, spoke with NBC News minutes after undergoing a cesarean section in the hospital in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine.

While much of the city bears the scars of five years of war, below the ground at Kharkiv Lyceum No. 24, everything is new and ready to accommodate 1,000 children.

The strike on a media complex in an industrial area of Kyiv came as Russia resumed attacks on the city after a brief pause during a visit by key U.S. envoys.