Iran discusses Hormuz Strait with Oman and Turkey Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held separate phone calls with his Omani and Turkish counterparts on Thursday and discussed latest developments in the region, particularly in the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian foreign ministry said. The parties stressed the need to use diplomatic channels to prevent escalation, a ministry statement said.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi held separate telephone conversations with his Omani and Turkish counterparts on Thursday to discuss the latest regional developments, with a particular focus on recent events in the Strait of Hormuz.
(260709) -- MASHHAD, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People attend the funeral procession of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Mashhad, Iran, July 9, 2026. Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was laid to rest in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad on Thursday.
Khamenei's body arrives in Mashhad for burial after week of processions Submitted by Ayse Betul on Thu, 07/09/2026 - 13:39 While US air strikes hit railways to Mashhad, Iran claims the eight-hour delay to the burial was due to unexpected crowds Mourners gather by Imam Reza shrine for the burial of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 9 July 2026 (Mohammed Salem/Reuters) Off After a week-long mass funeral, the body of Iran ’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has arrived in the northeastern city of Mashhad, where a burial ceremony will take place as the final step. The plane carrying Khamenei's body, along with those of his four family members killed alongside him, was escorted by Iranian military jets and arrived at Mashhad's Shahid Hasheminejad Airport early on Thursday. But Iranian media announced that the burial ceremony will now take place at 2pm local time, eight hours later than originally planned.
Ali Khamenei will be buried at the Imam Reza shrine, Iran's holiest Shia Muslim site, ending six days of public mourning ceremonies.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi expressed gratitude to the Iraqi people and government for their hospitality and massive participation in the funeral ceremonies of martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala.
Democratic hopeful Rahm Emanuel calls for end to unconditional US aid to Israel Submitted by Ayse Betul on Thu, 07/09/2026 - 11:46 The Jewish-American former diplomat also said that Israel had become a 'pariah' during visit to country Rahm Emanuel speaks at an event at Tel Aviv University, 8 July 2026 (Amir Cohen/Reuters) Off Washington’s long-standing policy of blindly supporting the Israeli government without any conditions or demands has been a mistake, said Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate for the 2028 US elections. The Israeli government has increasingly isolated the country, turning it into a “territorial pariah,” Emanuel said during a speech at Tel Aviv University on Wednesday. “You cannot fight indefinitely against a world that has stopped believing you have the right to fight,” he added.
President Donald Trump’s tougher rhetoric toward Iran and renewed US strikes have stirred mixed reactions among Iranians, from hopes for political change to fears of another long and unresolved conflict after months of living between war and peace.
Netanyahu’s son Yair adopts new name in latest family name change Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 07/09/2026 - 10:52 Reported change comes as the Netanyahu name becomes toxic for a son seeking business ties in the US Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his son Yair in 2015 (AFP) Off Yair Netanyahu, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has changed his name to Yonatan Hon, Haaretz reported on Wednesday. The Israeli newspaper said tax-withholding approvals issued in December 2024 carried his previous name, Yair Netanyahu. This year, the same identifying details appeared under the new name, including a fictional address listed as "Balfour 0".
* U. S. President Donald Trump pressed NATO members to raise defense- and security-related spending to 5 percent of GDP, placing growing pressure on European budgets.
Iran summons UK ambassador over stabbing allegation Iran has summoned the British ambassador to Tehran to protest what it called "baseless accusations", state media said on Thursday, after a London court jailed two people for a knife attack it said was carried out at Iran's behest. "Following the repetition of false and baseless accusations by British officials against the Islamic Republic of Iran, the country's ambassador in Tehran was summoned to the ministry, and the Islamic Republic of Iran's protest against the British government's inappropriate approach towards the Iranian nation was conveyed to him," the official IRNA news agency reported. Two Romanians, convicted of a 2024 knife attack on an Iranian journalist outside his London home "on behalf of" Iran, were sentenced last week to 12 and eight years in prison respectively.
The Iranian authorities said the funeral procession in Mashhad for the former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would start late. Hours earlier, the United States and Iran traded strikes.
The Islamic Republic sought to turn Ali Khamenei’s funeral ceremonies in Iraq into a regional show of loyalty, using processions in Najaf and Karbala to suggest that his authority reached beyond Iran even as Tehran’s allied network faces growing pressure.
KARBALA (Tasnim) – Iraq’s holy city of Karbala witnessed a massive funeral procession on Wednesday and Thursday morning as millions of mourners gathered to pay tribute to martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.
KARBALA (Tasnim) – Iraq’s holy city of Karbala witnessed a massive funeral procession on Wednesday night as millions of mourners gathered to pay tribute to martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei and accompany his cortege to the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (AS).
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The body of martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei arrived in the holy city of Mashhad for the final funeral procession and interment at the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS), following days of massive farewell ceremonies in Tehran, Qom, and Iraq.
MASHHAD (Tasnim) – Mashhad has turned into a sea of mourners as people from across Iran gather to attend the final funeral ceremony of martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei and accompany him to his eternal resting place at the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS).
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran called for the adoption of a legally binding international treaty to prevent the placement of weapons in outer space, warning that growing military space programs and the treatment of space as a battlefield are accelerating the risk of an arms race beyond Earth.
A Finnish supermarket group has found itself unexpectedly drawn into Ali Khamenei’s funeral ceremonies after footage from Iraq appeared to show his coffin being unloaded from a refrigerated truck carrying K-Group branding.
Iran summoned the British ambassador in Tehran on Thursday, two days after Britain called in Iran's most senior diplomat in London following the conviction of two Romanian men over the stabbing of an Iran International journalist.
