India, July 6 -- Iran's top officials and the brothers of the country's new supreme leader emerged into public view Sunday to attend the funeral prayers for the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, signalling a new confidence in their safety as calls grew for the killing of US President Donald Trump.

Their presence before hundreds of thousands of people in the capital Tehran, would have been unthinkable during the Iran war, which saw airstrikes in its opening moments on Feb. 28 kill the 86-year-old Khamenei, his family members and other officials. Israel also targeted others who appeared publicly during the war, in at least one case, likely using their public appearance to fix their position for a strike.

But still unseen was Iran's new supreme...