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Iran War News Highlights: Have launched new strikes against Iran, says US military

July 08, 2026 11:36 am

Iran's Revolutionary Guards fired at least two missiles at commercial ships transiting through the Strait of Hormuz earlier on Monday night, Axios reported, citing two US officials.

The tiny coffin beside Ali Khamenei's casket: Who was the child killed in the Feb 28 attack?

July 04, 2026 4:15 pm

Iran has paused diplomatic efforts with the US for the duration of the funeral of former Ayotollah Ali Khamenei.

Ali Khamenei funeral Highlights: Tehran will seek justice against US, Israel says Iran's foreign ministry

July 05, 2026 9:51 am

Iran's government is preparing for what will be a daylong funeral for the former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an airstrike in the first day of the war in February.

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's state funeral begins in Tehran as thousands gather to pay tribute

July 04, 2026 12:58 am

The funeral ceremonies mark the beginning of a week-long series of processions across Iran and Iraq, organised by Iranian authorities following the end of Khamenei's 37-year rule.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral: Who will represent India? Full list of government, BJP, Congress and other leaders

July 02, 2026 3:11 pm

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sent a formal invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the funeral ceremony of Ali Khamenei scheduled between July 4 and 9.

Declared dead on Everest, Nepali Sherpa crawls back alive as funeral rites begin at home

June 05, 2026 1:18 pm

The climber, Hillary Dawa Sherpa, was last seen above Camp 3, at around 7,500 metres (24,600 feet) on May 29, as he walked down the mountain after summiting

We are in the age of the monetised funeral

April 08, 2026 1:33 am

Television eroded whatever shared understanding remained that death demanded some dignity. Social media has finished the job in its hunt for virality

While modern funeral strippers serve a different function, they continue the tradition of hired performers at memorial services

How the Taiwanese mafia turned funeral strippers, who pole dance at death processions, into a cultural phenomenon

September 02, 2025 6:02 pm

The practice of funeral strippers in Taiwan was first documented around 1980

Photos on social media of the unusual last rites, conducted in the Manduadih village in Giridih’s Jamua block, showed the family saying their final goodbyes to the effigy of the 38-year-old migrant worker, who was working in Agra and was found dead at the city’s railway station last week. (Express Photo)

A migrant worker’s death, a family with no money to travel, and a funeral for an effigy

August 14, 2025 3:26 am

Sitaram Yadav died at a railway station in Agra; his family dressed a bamboo-and-straw effigy in his clothes to conduct the last rites

Madhya Pradesh man dances at friend’s funeral to fulfil a heartfelt ‘last wish’; the Internet in love with this ‘male friendship’

August 02, 2025 5:57 pm

The poignant scene unfolded in Jawasia village, where Ambalal Prajapat was seen dancing during the funeral procession of his dearest friend, Sohanlal Jain.

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Iran's supreme leader leads prayers for Raisi, 7 others killed in chopper crash

May 22, 2024 9:49 pm

Wednesday's funeral service for President Ebrahim Raisi and others saw a turnout that onlookers described as noticeably lower than the 2020 procession honouring Revolutionary Guard general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad.