Before dawn, hundreds of mourners gathered in Tehran as Iran began days of funeral ceremonies for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed months earlier in a joint US-Israeli airstrike.

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…

Nearly four months after his death, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's burial is taking place as Iran and the US observe a fragile ceasefire.