Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

A truck carrying late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's coffin crawls through crowds in a funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, on July 6, 2026, following his death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

A truck carrying late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's coffin crawls through crowds in a funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, on July 6, 2026, following his death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

A truck carrying late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's coffin crawls through crowds in a funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, on July 6, 2026, following his death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

A truck carrying late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's coffin crawls through crowds in a funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, on July 6, 2026, following his death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral ceremonies are held for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on July 6, 2026, following his death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral ceremonies are held for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on July 6, 2026, following his death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral ceremonies are held for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on July 6, 2026, following his death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral ceremonies are held for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on July 6, 2026, following his death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral ceremonies are held for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on July 6, 2026, following his death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral ceremonies are held for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on July 6, 2026, following his death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral ceremonies are held for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on July 6, 2026, following his death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral ceremonies are held for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on July 6, 2026, following his death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral ceremonies are held for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on July 6, 2026, following his death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral ceremonies are held for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on July 6, 2026, following his death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

A mourner holds up images of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other leaders during funeral ceremonies for Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on July 5, 2026, following their deaths in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

A mourner holds up images of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other leaders during funeral ceremonies for Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on July 5, 2026, following their deaths in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

A mourner holds up images of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and two other leaders during funeral ceremonies for Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on July 5, 2026, following their deaths in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

A mourner reacts during funeral ceremonies for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on July 5, 2026, following their deaths in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Mourners carry Iranian and Shiite religious flags during funeral ceremonies for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on July 5, 2026, following their deaths in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

A mourner holds up images of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and two other leaders during funeral ceremonies for Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on July 5, 2026, following their deaths in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Mourners gather during funeral ceremonies for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on July 5, 2026, following their deaths in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Photo shows the coffin (top) of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, alongside the coffins of members of his family, on stage during funeral ceremonies at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on July 5, 2026, following their deaths in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral ceremonies are held for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on July 5, 2026, following their death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral ceremonies are held for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on July 5, 2026, following their death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral ceremonies are held for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on July 5, 2026, following their death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral ceremonies are held for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on July 5, 2026, following their death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral for Iran's ex-leader Khamenei

Funeral ceremonies are held for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on July 5, 2026, following their death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in February.

Memorial gathering for former Hezbollah leader

Memorial gathering for former Hezbollah leader

People holding flags of Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group, and portraits of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasralla attend a commemoration ceremony marking the first anniversary of the killing of Nasrallah on Oct. 2, 2025, in Tehran, Iran.

Memorial gathering for former Hezbollah leader

Memorial gathering for former Hezbollah leader

People holding flags of Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group, and portraits of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and others attend a commemoration ceremony marking the first anniversary of the killing of Nasrallah on Oct. 2, 2025, in Tehran, Iran.

Memorial gathering for former Hezbollah leader

Memorial gathering for former Hezbollah leader

People holding flags of Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group, and portraits of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and others attend a commemoration ceremony marking the first anniversary of the killing of Nasrallah on Oct. 2, 2025, in Tehran, Iran.

Memorial gathering for former Hezbollah leader

Memorial gathering for former Hezbollah leader

People hold flags of Iran and Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group, during a commemoration ceremony marking the first anniversary of the killing of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Oct. 2, 2025, in Tehran, Iran.

Memorial gathering for former Hezbollah leader

Memorial gathering for former Hezbollah leader

People gather at a square in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 2, 2025, for a commemoration ceremony marking the first anniversary of the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, the former leader of the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

Football: Antlers take ACL title

Football: Antlers take ACL title

TEHRAN, Iran, Nov. 11 Kyodo - Players of Japanese club Kashima Antlers celebrate after claiming their first Asian Champions League title on Nov. 10, 2018, with a 2-0 aggregate victory over Iranian side Persepolis.

Football: Antlers take ACL title

Football: Antlers take ACL title

TEHRAN, Iran, Nov. 11 Kyodo - Players of Japanese club Kashima Antlers celebrate after claiming their first Asian Champions League title on Nov. 10, 2018, with a 2-0 aggregate victory over Iranian side Persepolis.

Football: Antlers take ACL title

Football: Antlers take ACL title

TEHRAN, Iran, Nov. 11 Kyodo - Players of Japanese club Kashima Antlers celebrate after claiming their first Asian Champions League title on Nov. 10, 2018, with a 2-0 aggregate victory over Iranian side Persepolis.

Iranians mourn former President Rafsanjani

Iranians mourn former President Rafsanjani

TEHRAN, Iran, Jan. 10 Kyodo - People offer prayers for Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on a street in Tehran on Jan. 10, 2017, as the state funeral is held for the former Iranian president, who died on Jan. 8 at the age of 82.

Iran would welcome Japanese supply of reactors: nuclear chief

Iran would welcome Japanese supply of reactors: nuclear chief

TEHRAN, Iran, Sept. 12 Kyodo - Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, gives an exclusive interview to Kyodo News in Tehran on Sept. 11, 2016. Iran is ready to buy nuclear power plants from Japan if any proposed sales are accompanied by "lucrative commercial support," according to Salehi.

Japan, Iran exchange signed documents on transfer of prisoners

Japan, Iran exchange signed documents on transfer of prisoners

TEHRAN, Iran - Japanese Ambassador to Iran Koji Haneda (L) and Iranian Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi exchange signed documents on the transfer of sentenced persons between the two countries at the Iranian Justice Ministry in Tehran on Jan. 11, 2015. The documents were signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Jan. 9 and by Pourmohammadi in Tehran on Jan. 10.

Confectionery shop in Tehran

Confectionery shop in Tehran

TEHRAN, Iran - A confectionery shop in Tehran offers a wide variety of cakes and other sweets, as seen in this file photo taken on Nov. 10, 2014.

Grocery store in Tehran under economic embargo

Grocery store in Tehran under economic embargo

TEHRAN, Iran - A store manager (R) and an employee stand in front of shelves displaying commodities in Tehran on Oct. 29, 2014, as Iran continues nuclear talks with the European Union and the United States under the pressure of the West-imposed economic embargo.

Boy holds anti-U.S. placard during rally in Tehran

Boy holds anti-U.S. placard during rally in Tehran

TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian boy with an anti-U.S. placard listens to a speaker during a rally held in front of the former American embassy in Tehran on Nov. 4, 2014.

Japan medical firm exhibits devices in Iran trade show

Japan medical firm exhibits devices in Iran trade show

TEHRAN, Iran - Koichiro Ikegai (2nd from R) of Apel Co., a medical and analytical device firm in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, explains its product for newborns at an international trade show in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 6, 2014, amid international economic sanctions.

Airliner crashes in Tehran

Airliner crashes in Tehran

TEHRAN, Iran - Photo shows the wreckage of an Iranian passenger plane that crashed soon after taking off from Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport on Aug. 10, 2014. The plane, operated by Sepahan Air, was heading to Tabas, a town in eastern Iran.

Air pollution in Tehran

Air pollution in Tehran

TEHRAN, Iran - The aerial view of Tehran, the capital of Iran, shows smog lingering above the city on March 25, 2014.

Traffic jam in Tehran

Traffic jam in Tehran

TEHRAN, Iran - A traffic jam in Tehran, Iran, is pictured on July 8, 2014.

Adults, children relax at park in Tehran

Adults, children relax at park in Tehran

TEHRAN, Iran - Adults and children relax at a park in Tehran, Iran, on April 2, 2014. Iran is promoting a higher birthrate to expand its economy.

EU-Iran meeting

EU-Iran meeting

TEHRAN, Iran - Catherine Ashton (L), high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hold a press conference after talking in Tehran on March 9, 2014.

Anti-U.S. rally in Iran

Anti-U.S. rally in Iran

TEHRAN, Iran - An anti-U.S. rally is held in Tehran, Iran, on Nov. 4, 2013, the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in which Americans were taken hostage.

Anti-U.S. rally in Iran

Anti-U.S. rally in Iran

TEHRAN, Iran - An anti-U.S. rally is held in Tehran, Iran, on Nov. 4, 2013, the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in which Americans were taken hostage.

Japan cultural week in Iran

Japan cultural week in Iran

TEHRAN, Iran - Japanese pianist Noriko Ogawa speaks before performing in a ceremony to kick off the Japan cultural week in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 24, 2013.