Mourners reach out for the coffin of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, outside the Imam Hussein Shrine in Karbala, Iraq, Thursday. (AP-Yonhap) MASHHAD, Iran (AFP) -- Iranians were preparing on Thursday to bury their slain leader Ali Khamenei in his hometown of Mashhad in north»»»

MASHHAD, July 09 (BSS/AFP) - Iranians were preparing on Thursday to bury their slain leader Ali Khamenei in his hometown of Mashhad in northeast Iran, as new US strikes threatened to trigger a fresh escalation in the Middle East war. The late supreme leader's burial follows a multi-day funeral cere»»»

MASHHAD, July 9 — Iranians were preparing on Thursday to bury their slain leader Ali Khamenei in his hometown of Mashhad in northeast Iran, as new US strikes threatened to trigger a fresh escalation in the Middle East war. The late supreme leader’s burial follows a multi-day funeral ceremony that a»»»

The late supreme leader's burial follows a multi-day funeral ceremony that attracted millions of mourners across various cities in both Iran and Iraq. But just as the funeral rites headed into their final day, the US launched new strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks on shipping in the vital S»»»