Iran: the funeral of Ayatollah Khamanei
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
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🗓️ 13 July 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Kate Adie presents stories on the burial of Ayatollah Khamanei in Iran, a diplomatic correspondent's return to Moscow, a pioneering therapy centre in Ukraine's West, Italian lessons in Argentina and the restoration of the Casbah in Algiers.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello. Today, our diplomatic correspondent returns to Moscow after several years hiatus. |
| 0:06.5 | Are there signs the war's impact is finally cutting through? |
| 0:10.2 | We meet some of the Ukrainian soldiers dealing with the hidden scars of the battlefield |
| 0:14.8 | and the therapists working with them. |
| 0:18.1 | Italian lessons are all the rage in Argentina, with descendants of those who first |
| 0:23.1 | emigrated, now planning a return to Italy. We hear why. And finally, we're in Algeria, where the |
| 0:30.1 | Casbah, a site with a rich history but crumbling structures, is undergoing a restoration. |
| 0:36.5 | But first to Iran, where the streets of Tehran and major |
| 0:39.8 | cities across the country have been lined with mourners attending the funeral procession of |
| 0:44.8 | the former leader Ayatollah Khamenei. The supreme leader's final burial took place in the |
| 0:51.0 | holy Iranian city of Mashad. But as huge crowds of supporters were gathered, |
| 0:56.2 | renewed attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz |
| 0:59.0 | threw the region into more turmoil, |
| 1:01.8 | prompting a heavy U.S. response. |
| 1:04.4 | The preliminary truce was intended to reopen the Strait of Hormuz |
| 1:07.9 | and allow longer negotiations |
| 1:09.7 | toward permanently ending the war. |
| 1:12.9 | Both goals are now in question. Lee's Doucette has been in Tehran. |
| 1:18.2 | I remember it as if it was yesterday. It was June 1989, at Tehran's Lale Hotel, once part of the |
| 1:25.7 | American luxury intercontinental chain. |
| 1:28.5 | Then it was famous for the U.S. flag, painted on the floor inside the front door. |
| 1:34.1 | It meant you had to walk across it and insult the stars and stripes of America. |
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