Key News on Iran-US War Central News Agency (CNA Tehran, July 3, Combined Reports) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, along with officials including Parliament Speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, paid their respects before the coffin of the late former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today. According to Agence France-Presse, footage from Iranian state television showed Pezeshkian praying before Khamenei's coffin. A black turban was placed on Khamenei's coffin. In traditional Shia Islam in Iran, clerics wear such turbans to symbolize their descent from the Prophet Mohammad. Khamenei was killed in an airstrike on the first day of a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran. The official mourning ceremony will begin on July 4 in Tehran and conclude with his burial on July 9 in his hometown of Mashhad. Commemorative ceremonies are also planned in the Iranian holy city of Qom and in Iraq during this period. (Intern Editor: Wang Bo-jie / Editor: Chen Zheng-jian) 1150703 Stand with facts, your every donation is a force to protect press freedom. Download the CNA "First-Hand News" APP for real-time updates. No part of this website's text, images, or videos may be reproduced, publicly broadcast, publicly transmitted, or utilized without authorization.