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APTOPIX Iraq Khamenei Funeral
The coffin of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is carried surrounded by mourners outside the Imam Hussein Shrine in Karbala, Iraq, early Thursday July 9, 2026.
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The United States has launched new airstrikes hitting Iran. That sparked retaliatory Iranian fire on Thuesday morning that targeted Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. The crossfire again threatened an interim deal aimed at finding a way to end the war gripping the Persian Gulf. The attacks came hours after President Donald Trump said that recent Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz signaled the end of the fragile ceasefire.
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