Reported claim

“Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral procession is scheduled to visit the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf and the shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala on July 8, 2026.”

Held steady; reporting was consistent but did not move the assessment.

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