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. But the ceasefire looked increasingly threatened as US Central Command said it had carried out strikes to degrade the ability of Iranian forces "to threaten freedom of navigation" in the Strait of Hormuz -- a key bone of contention in US-Iran talks.

Iran mourns Ayatollah Khamenei after his death in airstrikes. Leadership change by December 31 at 16.5% YES.

Iran prepares for Khamenei's burial amid leadership transition. Mojtaba Khamenei seen in public by July 31 at 5.5% YES.

The six-day funeral ceremonies will end with Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei's burial in his hometown of Mashhad on Thursday.

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…

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...

The funeral comes at a critical moment for Iran, turning the page of nearly four decades of Khamenei's rule and months after the latest round of mass nationwide protests against…

By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowallDUBAI, July 9 (Reuters) - Iran buries its slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday at the country's holiest shrine, with his son…