Khamenei’s Funeral and the AI Mirage of the Mourning Millions

Ali Khamenei ruled for thirty-seven years and built an empire on corpses. A US-Israeli airstrike ended his life on February 28, 2026 – and the blood-soaked machine he commanded didn’t blink.

Khamenei sat atop Iran’s government in the summer of 1988 while death committees executed thousands of political prisoners in a matter of weeks. Dissidents, students, and teenagers were marched to the gallows on the orders of tribunals that lasted minutes. Mass graves swallowed the evidence. The regime never apologized. It never will.

The 1988 massacre alone should have ended his career in shame. Prisoners already serving sentences – some near the end of their terms – were dragged back before four-man tribunals and asked a handful of questions about loyalty to the state. The wrong answer