More than 10 million people are expected to take part in ceremonies in Tehran. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

US President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran is eager to reach a settlement with Washington, framing a pause in negotiations as a courtesy tied to the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in...

Waving blood-red flags seen as a call for vengeance and justice under Shia Islam, mourners thronged the Grand Mosalla religious complex.

Trump, in an interview with Axios, expressed his surprise at the scale of mourning in Iran. He admitted that he had expected people to dislike Khamenei and suggested the tears on display could be "fake". 

Iran's government is preparing a multiday funeral ceremony for late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who died in US and Israeli strikes in February. But many Iranians are not mourning his loss, and are instead sharing complex reactions to the death of a man who led an oppressive theocratic regime.

TEHRAN: Representatives of Tehran-backed militant groups attended the funeral ceremonies of slain Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday (Jul 4), with envoys from Hezbollah and Hamas meeting with Foreign Minister Ab

TEHRAN: Vast crowds of Iranians loyal to the Islamic Republic massed in Tehran on Saturday (Jul 4) to begin almost a week of funeral ceremonies for slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, which authorities want to

The ceremonies are expected to draw between 15 and 20 million mourners, before being laid to rest in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad, his birthplace.