RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent condolences to Iran’s president as Tehran held a state funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The message of condolence was conveyed to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian by Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Elkhereiji, who attended the ceremony, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said early Saturday. The funeral of Khamenei, who was assassinated by Israel on Feb. 28, is expected to last several days.

Ali Khamenei, who was the Supreme Leader of Iran, was assassinated during the joint strikes by the United States and Israel on February 28. | World News

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Iranian leaders began paying their respects on Friday before the coffin of the country's late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, killed in the US-Israeli strikes that triggered the…

Millions are expected to bid farewell to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, whose body arrived in Tehran for his funeral. The grand ceremony, attended by foreign dignitaries,…

TEHRAN: The body of Iran’s supreme leader who was killed in US-Israeli strikes that triggered the Middle East war arrived at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla on Friday ahead of his funeral,…

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Months after the killing of Iran's supreme leader at the start of its war with the United States and Israel, mourners will hold a

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Delayed by months of conflict, Iran prepares to bury its slain supreme leader with week of mass mourning.

An honour for me to be here in Tehran to express my deepest condolences & solidarity on the martyrdom of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei- a revered leader who…

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Khamenei's body lies in state in a vast hall in Tehran ahead of his funeral as foreign dignitaries, clerics, officials and other mourners pay their respects.

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Officials from China, Russia, India and other countries are in Tehran as Iran prepares to mourn the Supreme Leader, who was killed in an airstrike at the start of the US-Israeli…

Iran begins seven-day state funeral for late ayatollah as some 100 foreign delegations arrive under a tense ceasefire

Russia's Medvedev, Pakistan's prime minister and Taliban officials are among roughly 30 country delegations expected as Iran buries slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei this week.

Official delegations from several countries arrived in the Iranian capital Tehran on Friday to attend funeral ceremonies for former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according…

Top Iranian officials on Friday paid their final respects to the country's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei at the start of a week of funeral ceremonies, with allies and mourners…

The body of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lay in state in a vast hall in Tehran on Friday as clerics, officials, foreign dignitaries and other mourners paid their respects to Iran's late…