Iran to bury Khamenei in hometown as US ramps up strikes
MASHHAD, Iran (AFP) -- 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.
The late supreme leader's burial follows a multi-day funeral ceremony that attracted millions of mourners across various cities in both Iran and Iraq.
But just as the funeral rites headed into their final day, the United States launched new strikes on Iran in retaliation
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- Iran and US exchange further back-and-forth strikes RTE —
- US launches new airstrikes on Iran and Tehran fires back at Gulf Arab states The Independent —