Resistance and revenge - Iran wanted to send a message with its farewell to Khamenei

The situation

Three days of public mourning in Tehran was a political spectacle Iran's leaders wanted the world to see, writes the BBC's international correspondent Lyse Doucet

What changes

BBC highlights this story because it changes the calculus for actors watching resistance, revenge, iran, wanted, send.

The setting

BBC notes that this did not emerge in isolation; pressures have been building around resistance.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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Signal Ledger on resistance

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of resistance, revenge, iran, wanted, send: Three days of public mourning in Tehran was a political spectacle Iran's leaders wanted the world to see, writes the BBC's international correspondent Lyse Doucet.