“The elaborate funeral rites for Iran’s slain supreme leader that drew huge crowds of mourners offered a show of strength by the country’s surviving leadership as key senior officials boldly emerged into public view for the first time since the war. And in its posture toward the United States, Tehran also now seems emboldened,” the Washington Post reports.“Escalated Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz have enraged President Donald Trump, derailed a tentative truce, and provoked U.S. retaliatory strikes that not only throw future talks into doubt but threaten to reignite the war with deadlier violence. The regime is betting that Trump, despite his bluster, wants a way out.”Bloomberg: Iran rejects U.S. talks as Trump issues fresh threat to Tehran.