Funeral for Iran's late Supreme Leader Khamenei to begin July 4, burial set for July 9

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Funeral ceremonies for former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be in July, the country's state-run television said Saturday, as mediators said an agreement to end the war was close.

The funeral, burial and farewell events for Khamenei will take place between July 4 and 9 during Muharram, a traditional period of mourning in the Shia Muslim calendar.

Khamenei was killed in the opening attack of the war that Israel and the United States launched against Iran in l ...