More than four months after the death of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader,\nAyatollah Ali Khamenei, a state funeral was held in private at the Imam\nReza Shrine, a major holy site for Shia Muslims in Khamenei\u2019s birthplace\nof Mashhad, located in northeastern Iran. The coffin containing\nKhamenei\u2019s body was transported by plane under escort by Iranian fighter\njets. The burial took place on Thursday evening (9\/7), following six\ndays of mourning ceremonies.<\/p>\n
Khamenei\u2019s son and successor, Mojtaba Khamenei, did not appear to\nattend the ceremony alongside other state leadership representatives.\nInstead, Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, who is also the\nchief negotiator in talks with the US, attended the event, along with\nJudiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Edschei and Ali Khamenei\u2019s eldest\nson, Mostafa Khamenei. Alongside Khamenei\u2019s body, several family members\nalso killed in the February attack were buried, including his daughter\nand 14-month-old granddaughter, as well as Mojtaba Khamenei\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n
During the funeral procession, many people waved Iranian flags and\nred flags, which are considered a symbol of revenge. \u201cNo compromise with\nthe murderers,\u201d mourners chanted. Mourning ceremonies in several cities\nacross Iran and Iraq have repeatedly turned into mass demonstrations\nagainst the US and Israel in recent days.<\/p>\n
After a period of calm following the signing of a memorandum of\nunderstanding between Washington and Tehran last month, the US launched\na large-scale attack on Iran on Wednesday evening (8\/7). In retaliation,\nIranian armed forces struck US allied bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.\nIsraeli Defence Minister Israel Katz also threatened a new attack on\nIran on Thursday.<\/p>\n
According to Iranian officials, the latest US strikes on Iran this\nweek killed 17 people and wounded 78 others. The attacks disrupted train\nservices between Tehran and Mashhad. Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry called the\ntargeting of infrastructure a clear war crime. Quoting Iranian\nofficials, AFP reported that the US Army targeted dozens of sites,\nincluding a military base near the city of Bushehr in southern Iran.\nBushehr is home to Iran\u2019s only active nuclear power plant.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump stated the attacks were in retaliation for\nIranian strikes on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Trump\nreportedly informed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the US\nactions in the Gulf region by telephone, according to a statement from\nNetanyahu\u2019s office on Thursday evening via the online platform X. A US\nrepresentative confirmed the phone call but did not provide details.<\/p>\n
The tit-for-tat attacks between the US and Iran have repeatedly\nthreatened the ceasefire in place between the two countries. However,\nthe latest Iranian attack on Thursday appeared larger in scale,\ntriggering sirens three times in Bahrain, home to the US Navy\u2019s Fifth\nFleet. Iran also targeted Kuwait, Qatar, and Jordan with ballistic\nmissiles and drones.<\/p>\n
Kuwait\u2019s military said one person was wounded in the Iranian attack,\nand that three ballistic missiles, one cruise missile, and 10 drones\nwere shot down. Bahrain stated it had intercepted incoming attacks\nwithout providing further details. Jordanian government spokesman\nMohammad al-Momani said all incoming attacks from Iran were intercepted.\nThere were no immediate reports of damage in Qatar.<\/p>\n
US strikes hit more targets. US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it\nstruck 90 targets across Iran, releasing black-and-white footage that\nappeared to show strikes on an airport runway and missile launchers. The\nUS said the strikes aimed to degrade Iran\u2019s ability to threaten freedom\nof navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. Traffic in the strait has\nslightly increased since last month\u2019s interim agreement, which included\nopening the waterway. Maritime data firm Lloyd\u2019s List Intelligence said\npreliminary data showed at least 576 ships transited the strait in June,\ncompared to 233 in May, while over 3,100 ships crossed in June 2025.<\/p>\n
According to reports in the Wall Street Journal and CNN, citing\nanonymous sources, Israel warned the US government of an Iranian plot to\nassassinate President Donald Trump. The reports said leaders in Tehran\nrecently devised the plan. While the US government frequently receives\nsuch warnings, the Israeli warning was new and referred to a concrete\nattack plan, CNN quoted a US official as saying. Another US official\nsuspected the Israeli warning might be an attempt to influence Trump\nregarding the next steps in the US-Iran conflict, the US television\nnetwork reported. Prime Minister Netanyahu has recently called for a\nmuch tougher policy towards Tehran, sparking a rift with Trump.<\/p>\n
On his return flight from the NATO summit in Ankara, Trump did not\nuse the new Air Force One. This fuelled speculation about security risks\nassociated with the gift provided by Qatar. \u201cI am number one on Iran\u2019s\nassassination target list,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n
Negotiations to reach a final agreement are scheduled to begin after\nKhamenei\u2019s funeral. The talks are now in doubt.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/khamenei-buried-new-chapter-in-us-iran-conflict-begins-1783738286", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }