We’ve been out here reporting in the streets of Tehran for days now. These public ceremonies have been very choreographed, laden with a lot of symbolism. A lot of people have been waving and carrying this red flag that reads “ya la-thara al-Husayn.” It essentially calls for vengeance for Hussein, who is the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. Hussein’s killing in what is modern day Iraq is very central to Shia religious identity. And by distributing these flags, what the Iranian government is saying is that they also want revenge for their slain leader. We’ve seen people carrying backpacks with the number 168, signifying the people who were killed at an elementary school very early on in the war. And one of the ways that is being showcased has been to talk about, to carry photos of the young children who died in that school. We’ve also seen A.I.-generated photos of the slain leader surrounded by these children. One of the messages that we’ve been seeing quite a lot around has been this closed fist in flags and in posters all over the city. And essentially what it says is that the followers of the slain supreme leader continue to remain defiant, and they are here to continue his legacy. We’re able to attend a lot of these events because we have been invited by the Iranian government to come here, and the messages and the symbols that we’re seeing around likely aren’t conveying the opinions of many other Iranians. By doing this multiday event, what Iran is trying to do is to project strength, is to project its power. The new supreme leader has yet to be seen in public. The economic reality for so many Iranians remains difficult. There is a very tenuous cease-fire with the United States. And that means that the reality for so many Iranians remains fragile.