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Funeral begins for Iran’s slain supreme leader

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TEHRAN, Iran -- Hundreds of thousands of mourners began a dayslong funeral on Saturday for Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, beating their chests in sorrow before the glass case containing his flag-draped coffin in Tehran and calling for revenge against Israel and the United States.

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  1. Iran begins dayslong funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in war

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    Funeral begins for Iran’s slain supreme leader

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  1. Al-Monitor

    Senior Chinese lawmaker to attend Khamenei's funeral (opens Al-Monitor)

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    BEIJING, July 2 (Reuters) - Senior Chinese lawmaker He Wei will attend the funeral of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, the Chinese foreign ministry announced on Thursday. The event He is attending will be on July 3, a ministry spokesperson told a regular press briefing.

  2. The Boston Globe

    In mass mournings, Iran prepares to bury Supreme Leader (opens The Boston Globe)

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    There are few analogues in history for the size, scale and import of the funeral that Iran's government is preparing to hold for its slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

  3. KTVZ Bend

    Iran sends a defiant message to Trump with colossal funeral for slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Mostafa Salem, Aida Karimi (CNN) — Four months after he was killed at the outset of the US-Israeli war on Iran, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is being memorialized in a weeklong funeral spectacle stretching across five cities in two countries, with millions of mourners expected to attend.

  4. WHDH Boston

    Iran prepares for dayslong funeral for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in war (opens WHDH Boston)

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    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran prepared Friday for the dayslong funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with banners across Tehran urging the public...

  5. Jonesboro Sun

    Iran begins dayslong funeral for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after airstrike killed him at war's start (opens Jonesboro Sun)

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    Iran begins dayslong funeral for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after airstrike killed him at war's start.

  6. Green Field Reporter

    Iran begins dayslong funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in war (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war. He was 86. Authorities unveiled the casket containing Khamenei’s body in a glass case at the Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Iran’s ca…

  7. NPR

    Iran begins dayslong funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (opens NPR)

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    Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war. He was 86.

  8. New York Post

    Iranians call for revenge as crowd mourns late Ayatollah Khamenei, whose nuclear quest brought war, during funeral (opens New York Post)

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    Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran to mourn the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei who died in a US-Israeli strike in February -- as America celebrated its 250th birthday half a...

  9. Al-Monitor

    Iranians flock to week-long funeral rites for Khamenei (opens Al-Monitor)

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    By Parisa Hafezi, Ahmed Elimam and Eman Abouhassira DUBAI, July 4 (Reuters) - Mourners thronged a vast prayer complex in Tehran on Saturday as the week-long funeral ceremonies of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began with the national anthem, religious eulogies and readings from the Ko…

  10. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Iran prepares for Khamenei’s funeral (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran prepared Friday for the dayslong funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with banners across Tehran urging the public to rise up in support of the Islamic Republic after the devastating war that killed the 86-year-old cleric.

  11. Seattle Times

    Dayslong funeral for late Supreme Leader Khamenei begins in Iran, in photos (opens Seattle Times)

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    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s dayslong funeral for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began Saturday, with authorities shutting down streets, airspace and daily life in Tehran as mourners commemorate the life of the man who led Iran for decades with an iron fist while confronting the West.

  12. France 24

    15 million people expected to attend former supreme leader's funeral (opens France 24)

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    Mourners thronged a vast prayer complex in ​Tehran on Saturday as the week-long funeral ceremonies of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began with the national anthem, religious eulogies and readings from the Koran.

  13. The Times of Israel

    Mourners chant ‘death’ to America and Israel as Iran begins days-long Khamenei funeral (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Millions expected to flood Tehran's streets as slain supreme leader's casket starts journey through cities in Iran and Iraq; unclear if his son and successor, Mojtaba, will appear

  14. Al Jazeera

    Thousands gather as Khamenei funeral ceremonies open in Tehran (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Thousands of mourners attended the public grand procession of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Khamenei in Tehran.

  15. The Guardian

    Crowds gather as six-day funeral for former Iranian supreme leader begins (opens The Guardian)

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    Up to 30 million people expected to attend delayed events for Ali Khamenei, killed at start of war with US and Israel The funeral of the former Iranian supreme leader has begun as the gates of the sprawling Grand Mosalla mosque in central Tehran let in thousands of mourners who had been waiting thro…

  16. BBC News

    Large crowds gather in Tehran on first day of Ayatollah Khamenei's funeral (opens BBC News)

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    Ali Khamenei's body will lie in state in Tehran's Grand Mosalla until Monday, before travelling across Iran and Iraq.

  17. Al Jazeera

    Millions mourn Iran’s Ali Khamenei amid historic funeral procession (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Mourners pack Tehran streets for Khamenei’s funeral, with ceremonies spanning cities and ending in Mashhad burial.

  18. NBC News

    Huge crowds turn out in Tehran for funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (opens NBC News)

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    Massive crowds showed up for the official start of the funeral of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran’s capital, on Saturday, the beginning of a multi-day ceremony that is meant to project the strength and resilience of the Islamic Republic after a bruising war with t…

  19. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Iran holds funeral for supreme leader Khamenei, calls for revenge (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in Tehran to pay their respects to the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for revenge against Israel and the United States, as Iran's new Supreme Leader, his son Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, was celebrated.

  20. France 24

    Iran holds funeral for Ali Khamenei: Attendees 'hardline factions' of society, specialist says (opens France 24)

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    Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in Tehran on Saturday for the start of a dayslong funeral for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tara Kangarlou, a global affairs journalist and author of The Heartbeat of Iran, said most attendees were "more emboldened, hardline factions of…

  21. The Hill

    Iran's new leader remains unseen as nation mourns Khamenei (opens The Hill)

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    Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has yet to be seen attending the funeral ceremonies for his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The memorial services, which began on Friday, are expected to draw in millions of mourners.

  22. Washington Examiner

    Iran begins Khamenei’s funeral 126 days after assassination (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Iran launched an elaborate six-day funeral for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday, staging a carefully choreographed display of national unity and defiance just four months after U.S. and Israeli airstrikes killed the longtime leader.

  23. WFMZ Allentown

    Iran begins dayslong funeral for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in war (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    The funeral for Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has started, months after his death in an airstrike on the first day of the war. The body of Khamenei, who was 86, is on display in Tehran, Iran’s capital, on…

  24. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Funeral begins for Iran’s slain supreme leader (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    TEHRAN, Iran -- Hundreds of thousands of mourners began a dayslong funeral on Saturday for Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, beating their chests in sorrow before the glass case containing his flag-draped coffin in Tehran and calling for revenge against Israel and the United States.

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