A person holds a poster with portraits of Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei and late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) as mourners take part in a procession on the ninth day of Muharram in Islamabad on June 25, 2026. — AFP
Muslims hold portraits of Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei (R) and late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as they take part in a procession on the ninth day of Muharram in Islamabad on June 25, 2026. — AFP
A person holds a poster with portraits of Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei and late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) as mourners take part in a procession on the ninth day of Muharram in Islamabad on June 25, 2026. — AFP
The government’s constant threats to suspend KP’s elected dispensation over a political protest have escalated hostilities considerably. In that context, both sides did well to start talking.