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In this photo released by Iran's Supreme Leader's office, mourners carry the coffin of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei above the crowd for the final prayer before his burial at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, northeastern Iran, Thursday, July 9, 2026. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Trump and Iranian leaders trade threats as the interim deal falls apart

By Jon Gambrell, Michelle L. Price and Will Weissert - Associated Press

Mourners reach toward a truck carrying the coffin of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a funeral procession in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Funeral processions start in Najaf for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

A group of people stands in shallow water as a cargo ship appears anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

‘For me, I think it’s over.’ Iran and U.S. trade fire and Trump calls the ceasefire into question

By Jon Gambrell and Seung Min Kim - Associated Press

A woman holds a picture of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as she walks through a subway station with other mourners on their way to the funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump says U.S. victory in Iran is guaranteed, as Tehran mourns its supreme leader

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Mourners chant slogans while gathered in Islamic Revolution Square for the funeral procession of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei beneath a billboard depicting Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Mourners throng funeral procession in Tehran for Iran’s ex-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Mourners gather beneath a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the funeral ceremonies for Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Iran’s top officials attend prayer for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Iranian religious leaders and other mourners pay their respects before the coffins of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family during a viewing ceremony ahead of the dayslong funeral ceremonies at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Commercial vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

Iran warns oil tankers to use approved routes in Strait of Hormuz or face a ‘forceful response’

By Jon Gambrell and David McHugh - Associated Press

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the outskirts of Nabatiyeh during Ashoura, when Shiites commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Massive Shiite crowds mark the holy day of Ashoura against backdrop of Iran-Israel-U.S. war fallout

By Fadi Tawil and Abby Sewell - Associated Press

Residents swim and play in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz while cargo ships and commercial vessels lie anchored in the distance off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, June 10, 2026.(Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

Funeral for Iran’s supreme leader set for July, while a deal nears to end the war

By Munir Ahmed and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Lebanese security officers gather at the site where an Israeli airstrike hit a building in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Israel continues assault in Lebanon despite threats of retaliation from Iran

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

An Iranian cluster munition missile explodes in the sky over northern Israel, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) ** FILE **

Military intelligence chief: Iran military still has thousands of missiles, attack drones

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Pro-government demonstrators chant slogans as they hold Iranian flags and a poster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in a gathering after announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the war with the United States and Israel, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, Square, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Here’s where things stand after a tentative, 2-week Iran ceasefire took effect

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Travelers approach on foot the border crossing with Turkey at the Razi crossing in Razi, Iran, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A 12-hour drive through Iran offers glimpses of destruction, defiance and daily life

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House before signing an executive order Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

What to watch as Trump addresses the nation about the Iran war

By Lisa Mascaro and Matthew Lee and Michelle L. Price - Associated Press

A protester holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against U.S. and Israeli attacks on multiple cities across Iran at a bridge leading to the fortified Green Zone where the U.S. embassy is located in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) **FILE**

Israel has assassinated many of Iran’s key leaders. How is the regime in Tehran still standing?

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A woman carries her groceries as people walk along the mostly empty Tehran traditional main bazaar, where most shops are closed, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran built a vast camera network to control dissent. Israel turned it into a targeting tool

By Dake Kang and Sam Mednick - Associated Press

Iranians reach toward the coffins as they follow the funeral procession of Iran's intelligence minister Esmail Khatib and, according to Iranian officials, his wife and daughter, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran is defiant nearly 4 weeks into the war, hitting oil facilities around the Gulf

By Jon Gambrell and David Rising - Associated Press

The United States of America's war with Iran illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

‘Mowing the grass’ in Iran risks an endless cycle of war

By Daniel N. Hoffman

FILE - Ali Larijani, center, head of Iran's National Security Council, gestures as Hezbollah supporters throw rice to welcome him outside Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Israel says it killed 2 top Iranian officials in wartime blow to country’s leadership

By Jon Gambrell, David Rising, Mike Corder and Samy Magdy - Associated Press