New fighting erupted between the United States and Iran ahead of the burial of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Thursday (July 9, 2026), with Tehran targeting U.S. regional allies and American strikes hitting the perimeter of an Iranian nuclear power plant.
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Iran to bury its slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday (July 9, 2026) at the country’s holiest shrine, with his son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei still hidden from public view after being disfigured in the strike that killed his father.
The burial in Mashhad in northeast Iran follows a week of mass funeral processions, rallies and mourning ceremonies.
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New fighting erupted between the United States and Iran ahead of the burial of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Thursday (July 9, 2026), with Tehran targeting U.S. regional allies and American strikes hitting the perimeter of an Iranian nuclear power plant.
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This was the second day in a row that the decades-old foes exchanged attacks, with Iranian officials reporting that U.S. strikes killed 17 people and state media saying one targeted a railway line between Tehran and the eastern city of Mashhad, where Khamenei’s burial is being held.
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Iran to bury its slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday (July 9, 2026) at the country’s holiest shrine, with his son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei still hidden from public view after being disfigured in the strike that killed his father. The burial in Mashhad in northeast Iran follows a week of mass funeral processions, rallies and mourning ceremonies.
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