U.S.-Iran Latest: Talks pause for slain ayatollah's funeral after Trump and mediators claim progress: key context
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- The confirmed context is: will pause for a week for the funeral of Iran's slain supreme leader, but President Trump, and mediators, say there's been progress. A powerful general who leads Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard emerged from hiding as Tehran prepared Friday for the dayslong funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photos published online by Iranian state media showed Gen. Ahmad Vahidi attending a meeting about the funeral of Khamenei, 86, then sitting alongside his casket as Iran's theocracy held a smaller service for him Thursday night near the supreme leader's former home in downtown Tehran
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- The confirmed context is: will pause for a week for the funeral of Iran's slain supreme leader, but President Trump, and mediators, say there's been progress. A powerful general who leads Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard emerged from hiding as Tehran prepared Friday for the dayslong funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photos published online by Iranian state media showed Gen. Ahmad Vahidi attending a meeting about the funeral of Khamenei, 86, then sitting alongside his casket as Iran's theocracy held a smaller service for him Thursday night near the supreme leader's former home in downtown Tehran
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will pause for a week for the funeral of Iran's slain supreme leader, but President Trump, and mediators, say there's been progress. A powerful general who leads Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard emerged from hiding as Tehran prepared Friday for the dayslong funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photos published online by Iranian state media showed Gen. Ahmad Vahidi attending a meeting about the funeral of Khamenei, 86, then sitting alongside his casket as Iran's theocracy held a smaller service for him Thursday night near the supreme leader's former home in downtown Tehran
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Bing News en — U.S.-Iran Latest: Talks pause for slain ayatollah's funeral after Trump and mediators claim progress: will pause for a week for the funeral of Iran's slain supreme leader, but President Trump, and mediators, say there's been progress. A powerful general who leads Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard emerged from hiding as Tehran prepared Friday for the dayslong funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photos published online by Iranian state media showed Gen. Ahmad Vahidi attending a meeting about the funeral of Khamenei, 86, then sitting alongside his casket as Iran's theocracy held a smaller service for him Thursday night near the supreme leader's former home in downtown Tehran
Bing News en — July 2, 2026 — Iran issues fresh warning on Hormuz, Qatar talks make ‘positive progress’ | CNN: Iranian negotiators have left Doha as the Islamic Republic pauses diplomacy ahead of a multi-day funeral for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. • Funeral preparations: Iran released the first images of the casket holding the body of slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ahead of his multi-day funeral. President Masoud Pezeshkian called on Iranians to attend the event in "large numbers," while the nation’s army general warned the US and Israel against launching attacks during the procession. • Qatar talks: Iranian negotiators have left Doha as the Islamic Republic pauses diplomacy ahead of the funeral
Bing News en — Iran's top negotiator says country ready for war as peace talks inch along: Iran peace deal may depend on a separate agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Updated on: June 30, 2026 / 7:03 PM EDT / CBS News Follow updates on the war in the Middle East for Wednesday, July 1, here. Steve Witkoff, President Trump's special envoy, and Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, met with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on Tuesday, Qatar's Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement. The officials discussed the ongoing peace talks between the U. and Iran and the ceasefire in Lebanon, according to the statement
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U.S.-Iran Latest: Talks pause for slain ayatollah's funeral after Trump and mediators claim progress
will pause for a week for the funeral of Iran's slain supreme leader, but President Trump, and mediators, say there's been progress.
SourceJuly 2, 2026 — Iran issues fresh warning on Hormuz, Qatar talks make ‘positive progress’ | CNN
Iranian negotiators have left Doha as the Islamic Republic pauses diplomacy ahead of a multi-day funeral for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
SourceIran's top negotiator says country ready for war as peace talks inch along
Iran peace deal may depend on a separate agreement between Israel and Lebanon.
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- U.S.-Iran Latest: Talks pause for slain ayatollah's funeral after Trump and mediators claim progress · Bing News en
will pause for a week for the funeral of Iran's slain supreme leader, but President Trump, and mediators, say there's been progress. A powerful general who leads Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard emerged from hiding as Tehran prepared Friday for the dayslong funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photos published online by Iranian state media showed Gen. Ahmad Vahidi attending a meeting about the funeral of Khamenei, 86, then sitting alongside his casket as Iran's theocracy held a smaller service for him Thursday night near the supreme leader's former home in downtown Tehran
- July 2, 2026 — Iran issues fresh warning on Hormuz, Qatar talks make ‘positive progress’ | CNN · Bing News en
Iranian negotiators have left Doha as the Islamic Republic pauses diplomacy ahead of a multi-day funeral for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. • Funeral preparations: Iran released the first images of the casket holding the body of slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ahead of his multi-day funeral. President Masoud Pezeshkian called on Iranians to attend the event in "large numbers," while the nation’s army general warned the US and Israel against launching attacks during the procession. • Qatar talks: Iranian negotiators have left Doha as the Islamic Republic pauses diplomacy ahead of the funeral
- Iran's top negotiator says country ready for war as peace talks inch along · Bing News en
Iran peace deal may depend on a separate agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Updated on: June 30, 2026 / 7:03 PM EDT / CBS News Follow updates on the war in the Middle East for Wednesday, July 1, here. Steve Witkoff, President Trump's special envoy, and Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, met with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on Tuesday, Qatar's Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement. The officials discussed the ongoing peace talks between the U. and Iran and the ceasefire in Lebanon, according to the statement
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