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United States and Iran Exchange Fresh Military Strikes as Tehran Buries Former Supreme Leader

Iran held large funeral ceremonies in Mashhad for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a February airstrike, while the United States and Iran carried out a second consecutive day of direct military attacks, including Iranian missile strikes targeting American assets in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Jordan.
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