Funeral in Najaf and Karbala puts Baghdad’s balancing act with Tehran and Washington to the test

The funeral began on Saturday in Tehran with chants of "death to America, death to Israel," and his body is expected to be taken to Qom, Najaf and Kerbala, the great Shi'ite…

Despite US efforts to isolate Iran, Tehran just showed how it can still leverage its historical and religious ties through Khamenei’s funeral.