• •Al Jazeera reports large crowds gathered for the second consecutive day to process the late Supreme Leader’s remains.
• •Participants persisted despite high temperatures, which have prompted public health warnings in the region.
• •While the state media focuses on the turnout, the actual scale of public participation compared to prior leadership transitions remains difficult to independently verify.

Crowds in Iran have held a second day of funeral processions for the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei despite extreme heat. These displays follow a established pattern of state-led mourning observed during past transitions of power in the Islamic Republic. However, the high temperatures highlight the logistical strain on the current memorial events. Whether the government maintains this level of public mobilization throughout the formal mourning period will signal its effectiveness in controlling the national narrative during a delicate political transition.