The coffins of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family were displayed on the platform during a day-long funeral at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) The United States has reportedly launched a diplomatic campaign to prevent countries from attending … Read more
Hundreds of people were already waiting outside the funeral of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Friday night, ahead of a funeral that will be open to the public on Saturday morning.Khamenei will pay his respects at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla religious complex on Monday, which is expected to open at 6 a.m. local time … Read more
TOI Washington correspondent: U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday offered a series of explanations for launching “Operation Epic Fury,” the devastating air strikes against Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, including one confusing reason: “I caught him before he got me.“In a series of interviews with various U.S. media outlets (to name them all), … Read more
NEW DELHI: India has stopped short of condemning the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei despite criticizing Iran’s attacks on Gulf states and calling for restraint, dialogue and de-escalation of tensions in West Asia.The calibrated response sparked a strong political reaction at home, with Congress president Sonia Gandhi describing the government’s silence as … Read more
NEW DELHI: The US-Israeli attack on Iran and its aftermath, including the killing of its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, marks the clearest rupture yet between opposition parties, particularly the Congress and the Left, and the government over worrying developments in foreign affairs, an issue that has traditionally seen some convergence in the interests of … Read more