Khamenei Coffin Arrives in Mashhad as US-Iran Fighting Halts Most Hormuz Shipping

A plane carrying the coffin of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei landed in Mashhad on July 9, 2026. Crowds gathered ahead of the burial at the Shrine of Imam Reza, which concludes weeklong funeral ceremonies across Iran and Iraq, @AJEnglish reported. Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slowed to a near standstill after the United States attacked Iran for a second consecutive day.

Only a US-sanctioned supertanker and an Iranian-flagged container ship crossed, compared with an average of 34 daily commodity-vessel transits in the three weeks after an interim agreement to reopen the waterway, according to Kpler data cited by @AJEnglish.

About 6,000 sailors remain trapped around the strait. Arsenio Dominguez, head of the International Maritime Organization, said the attacks placed seafarers in grave danger and that families continue to bear the human cost of the conflict.

Iran's Foreign Ministry condemned dozens of US attacks, including strikes on two railway bridges that killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens, including armed-forces personnel. The ministry said the strikes violated the UN Charter and the ceasefire agreement. Bahrain's interior ministry activated warning sirens nationwide and instructed residents to proceed to the nearest safe location.

Iran's Foreign Ministry also summoned the British ambassador to protest what it called baseless UK allegations against Tehran. An Israeli drone attack killed two people in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, sources at the Nasser Hospital Complex told @AJEnglish.

Since the October 2025 ceasefire, Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,084 Palestinians and wounded 3,491 others, Gaza's health ministry said.