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Iran began a weeklong funeral on Saturday for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after an airstrike killed him at the start of the U.S.-Israeli war against the country, according to NPR. The post Iran Begins 6 Day Funeral on July 4th for Former Leader Khamenei with Dead Tyrant’s...
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Iran began a weeklong funeral on Saturday for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after an airstrike killed him at the start of the U.S.-Israeli war against the country,...
Three sons of the former Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prayed beside his coffin and those of four other family members on Sunday, but Mojtaba, the son who has succeeded him as Ir...
Iranian leaders gathered Sunday for a second day of funeral ceremonies for late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as the absence of his son and designated successor, Mojtaba Khamenei, d...
During the state funeral prayers for his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and four family members, Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, chose to remain out of the public eye. Citing...
The dayslong funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in February by U.S.-Israeli strikes, has been marked by chants for revenge.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attended the ceremony on Sunday, accompanied by Iranian allies and members of the team currently negotiating with the US after an initial ceasefire in th...
Three sons of killed ayatollah were seen beside coffin during ceremonies drawing huge crowds in Tehran Three sons of the former Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prayed beside his coffi...
There has still been no public sighting or image released of Mojtaba, said to have been injured in the attack that killed his father and the other family members on Feb. 28.
State television showed three of Ali Khamenei's sons, Mostafa, Meysam and Masoud Khamenei, standing behind their father's coffin during funeral prayers at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Grand Mosal...
The funeral began on Saturday in Tehran with chants of "death to America, death to Israel," and his body is expected to be taken to Qom, Najaf and Kerbala, the great Shi'ite centers of Iran...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's dayslong funeral for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began Saturday, with authorities shutting down streets, airspace and daily life in Tehran as mourn...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s dayslong funeral for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began Saturday, with authorities shutting down…
Khamenei's coffin was displayed outdoors on Saturday under glass, along with those of his daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law and 14-month-old granddaughter.
Thousands gathered to mourn Khamenei, with several waving regime’s flag and chanting ‘Death to America’
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's top officials and brothers of the country's new supreme leader emerged into public view Sunday to attend the funeral prayers for the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,...
Pop-its fireworks entertain children as they are thrown against the ground during July 4th celebrations Saturday at General Franklin E Miles Park.
More than 10 million people are expected to take part in ceremonies in Tehran.
Crews battled a massive commercial building fire in La Habra on the Fourth of July. The blaze raged dangerously close to other buildings.
DONALD Trump has warned that a "one shot" strike could take out Iranian chiefs gathered at Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral. The US president's comments come amid reports that the new Supre...
DONALD Trump has warned that a "one shot" strike could take out Iranian chiefs gathered at Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral. The US president's comments come amid reports that the new Supre...
Angelina Katsanis / REUTERS A fire broke out on the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night during Macy’s July 4th fireworks display, which launched from the span over New York’s East River. Vide...
Philadelphia's Fourth of July celebration resumed just after midnight Sunday after severe storms delayed festivities for several hours.
As days of public mourning ceremonies began, Iranians viewed the casket of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at the start of the U.S.-Israeli attacks.
Tehran metro records seven million trips for Khamenei funeral Tehran’s metro system recorded more than 7 million passenger trips between Saturday evening and Sunday morning as large crowds...
(KRON) -- The Benicia High School Panther Band performed the National Anthem on KRON4's 2026 July 4th Live Fireworks Spectacular. In May, KRON4 asked our viewers to nominate local high scho...
Weather delayed Trump's address celebrating America's 250th birthday.
Comment represents the first, direct call for Trump’s death by an emcee at the funeral
A performer at the funeral for Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for the death of US President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people on Sunda...
Prayers are to be said over the casket of former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei, the second day of marathon funeral ceremonies that have already drawn huge crowds to pay their final re...
A performer at the funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunda...
A performer at the funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunda...
A performer at the funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunda...
A performer at the funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunda...
A performer at the funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunda...
A performer at the funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunda...
A performer at the funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunda...
A performer at the funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunda...
A performer at the funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunda...
A performer at the funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunda...
A performer at the funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunda...
A performer at the funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunda...
A performer at the funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunda...
A performer at the funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunda...
A performer at the funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunda...
Iran’s top officials and brothers of the country’s new supreme leader have emerged into public view to attend the funeral prayers for the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Never submit to tyranny Amid war Karbala message resonates at Khamenei funeral
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Now: Wording Gap is 89/99 and story health is stable · 48 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.