April 10, 2026, Tehran, Iran: Iranians gather during a rally to commemorate the death of the country's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on April 9, 2026. Thousands of Iranians paid tribute on April 9 to the late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for nearly four decades until his killing in US-Israeli strikes at the start of the Middle East war.