Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright.
President Trump will travel to Turkey for the NATO summit today.
He's still pushing allies to spend more on defense.
Iran has began the funeral procession for the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran's leader and his family were killed.
In a U.S.-Israeli airstrike in February.
NPR's Hadil al-Shulchi reports.
The caskets of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
and his four family members were placed in the back of a huge semi-trailer adorned with white paneling.
Iranian state TV showed tight angles of crowds of people swarming the truck.
A line of men held up red signs that read, Hashtag Kill Trump.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Tehran over the weekend to visit Khamenei's casket.
High-ranking Iranian officials made rare public appearances to perform the ritual Islamic funeral prayers,
including the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Notably absent was Khamenei's fourth son and successor, Mushtaba.
Many leaders in Iran stay in hiding to avoid assassination.
Khamenei will be buried in his birthplace of Mashhad.
Hadil al-Shalchi, NPR News, Istanbul.
Americans celebrated the 4th of July and the 250th anniversary of the nation's independence this weekend.
President Trump used his speech to criticize Democrats.