# Iran: US strikes continue as late supreme leader is buried

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Podcast: [Newshour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/newshour-527927)
Published: 2026-07-09T21:12:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w1730bn30m5t8c8
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The US and Iran have continued to trade strikes, raising fears of a return to full scale conflict. At the same time, huge crowds of mourners pay respects to Iran's former Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. Also in the programme: False claims about Ebola are fuelling violence against health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and it's France versus Morocco at the World Cup. (Photo: A handout photo made available by the Iranian Supreme Leader Office shows crowds taking part in the burial of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the city of Mashhad, Iran, 09 July 2026)

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