Mourners gather after Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is buried at the Shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad on July 9, 2026. — AFP
Mourners gather after Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is buried at the Shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad on July 9, 2026. — AFP
Mourners gather after Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is buried at the Shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad on July 9, 2026. — AFP
Mourners gather after Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is buried at the Shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad on July 9, 2026. — AFP
A medic tends to a man as mourner gather on a street ahead of the funeral procession of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei and members of his family before his burial at the Shrine of Imam Reza, Iran’s most revered place of worship, in Mashhad on July 9, 2026. —AFP
A medic tends to a man as mourner gather on a street ahead of the funeral procession of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei and members of his family before his burial at the Shrine of Imam Reza, Iran’s most revered place of worship, in Mashhad on July 9, 2026. —AFP
Mourners pray outside Imam Reza Shrine following the burial of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in Israeli and US airstrikes, in Mashhad, Iran, July 9, 2026. —Reuters
Mourners pray outside Imam Reza Shrine following the burial of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in Israeli and US airstrikes, in Mashhad, Iran, July 9, 2026. —Reuters

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