Khamenei's Funeral Weaponises Shia Prophecy to Demand Revenge on US and Israel

Iran's Islamic Republic has staged an elaborately choreographed week of funeral ceremonies for assassinated Supreme Leader Khamenei, using Quranic verses, martyrdom imagery, and a procession through Shia Islam's holiest cities to frame retaliation against the US and Israel as a divine religious obligation. The mobilisation of Iran's 'Axis of Resistance' — Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Houthis — around a single rallying cry of holy war signals a dangerous coalescence of regional forces directly surrounding Israel. Scripture forewarns of a time when surrounding nations unite against Israel under religious pretexts, aligning with Ezekiel's prophecy of a great northern coalition descending upon the land in the last days (Ezekiel 38:1-6).