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The dayslong ceremonies come as Iran navigates leadership changes and renewed tensions with Israel and the United States following Khamenei's death.
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The dayslong ceremonies come as Iran navigates leadership changes and renewed tensions with Israel and the United States following Khamenei's death.
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Crowds of thousands of Iranians gathered in Tehran for a multi-day funeral for slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed by an Israeli strike on the first day of the U.S.-Israeli attack...
TEHRAN, Iran >> Tens of thousands of Iranians thronged a vast outdoor prayer complex in Tehran today to view the coffins of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader killed at the start of...
The flag-draped casket of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was put on display in Tehran with millions expected to attend his dayslong funeral.
Mourners wept at the sight of Khamenei's coffin alongside those of his family members also killed in the airstrike, with some chanting: "Our word is one! Revenge! Revenge!"
Iran will be shut down on Sunday and Monday to encourage more mourners to join funeral procession.
The dayslong ceremonies come as Iran navigates leadership changes and renewed tensions with Israel and the United States following Khamenei's death.
The dayslong ceremonies come as Iran navigates leadership changes and renewed tensions with Israel and the United States following Khamenei's death.
The dayslong ceremonies come as Iran navigates leadership changes and renewed tensions with Israel and the United States following Khamenei's death.
The dayslong ceremonies come as Iran navigates leadership changes and renewed tensions with Israel and the United States following Khamenei's death.
The dayslong ceremonies come as Iran navigates leadership changes and renewed tensions with Israel and the United States following Khamenei's death.
The dayslong ceremonies come as Iran navigates leadership changes and renewed tensions with Israel and the United States following Khamenei's death.
Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.
Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.
Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.
Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.
Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.
Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.
Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.
Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.
Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.
Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.
Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.
Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.
Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.
Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.
Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.
Funeral proceedings for Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were underway, the start of an historic six-day event expected to draw millions of people. The post Iranian Woman Blasts...
Iran launched an elaborate six-day funeral for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday, staging a carefully choreographed display of national unity and defiance just four m...
Weeklong ceremony expected to draw millions of mourners and serve as a show of strength for the Islamic Republic
Thousands gather in Tehran for Ayatollah Khamenei's funeral, chanting for revenge against the US and Israel.
Iran begins six-day state funeral for Ali Khamenei Submitted by MEE staff on
Vast crowds of Iranians massed in Tehran on Saturday to begin almost a week of funeral ceremonies for supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — who was assassinated in a US-Israeli strike on...
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has yet to be seen attending the funeral ceremonies for his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The memorial services, which began on...
Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in Tehran on Saturday for the start of a dayslong funeral for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tara Kangarlou, a global affairs...
Officials nixed supreme leader's request to perform burial rites for his father and predecessor Ali Khamenei, as Mojtaba's public absence fuels conservative infighting, NYT says
WSJ Iran began six days of funereal ceremony for its slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...
Thousands of Iranians crowded an outdoor prayer complex in Tehran to view the coffin of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled the Islamic Republic for 37 years before he was killed in February.
Waving blood-red flags seen as a call for vengeance and justice under Shia Islam, mourners thronged the Grand Mosalla religious complex.
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