Funeral for slain Iranian supreme leader Khamenei set for July

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Iran’s state media announced that funeral ceremonies for the slain former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be held in early July amid mediation efforts to end the war involving Israel, the US, and Iran. Khamenei was killed early in the conflict, and leadership has since changed.

Iran’s state-run news agency said on Saturday funeral processions for its former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would be held in July, as mediators say an agreement to end the war is close. The funeral, burial, and farewell ceremonies for Khamenei would take place between July 4 and 9, Iran’s state-run television IRIB reported. Khamenei was killed in the opening salvo of the war that Israel and the United States launched against Iran in late February. He has since been replaced by his...