A senior cleric said turnout for Khamenei's funeral would serve as a 'referendum' on the Islamic Republic as state media displayed coffins of the slain leader and his family, including his infant granddaughter, ahead of a tightly choreographed week of nationwide mourning and processions

By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowallDUBAI, July 2 - Iran's ruling clerics are preparing days of mass funeral rites for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a show of public devotion to the…

The country's theocracy hopes to see millions flood the streets of the capital beginning Saturday in scenes reminiscent to the burial of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah…