Hundreds of thousands of mourners were reported to have gathered in Tehran to pay respects to former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei by the second day of funeral ceremonies on Sunday, the 18th day of negotiations to end the Iran War. Khamenei was assassinated by the U.S. and Israel on February 28. Senior Iranian officials, though not the new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, have attended the dayslong funeral. The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal, reporting from Tehran, observed backlash to the Iranian government’s decision to proceed with negotiations to end the war and mass distrust of the U.S. and Israel, noting that “there are indignant calls for vengeance, displays of sorrow and defiance, protest.” A Financial Times poll which surveyed 1,795 registered voters from June 26-30 was released on Sunday and found that 58 percent of registered U.S. voters said the Iran War had not been worth the cost, with only 28 percent saying the war had been worth it. The White House in June asked Congress for $67 billion to cover the cost of the Iran War. FT noted, the conflict — which has pushed petrol and other consumer prices sharply higher this year — continues to drag down the president’s…
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The Iran War entered its nineteenth day on Wednesday with President Trump threatening on Truth Social to “finish off” what he said was “left of the Iranian Terror State.” In the same post, he expressed his frustration with what he called “our non-responsive “Allies,”’ who have so far resisted Trump’s…
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The dayslong funeral for Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — who was assassinated by the U.S. and Israel on February 28 — began on Friday, with ceremonies beginning Saturday and expected to draw millions of mourners from across the country, as negotiations to end the conflict entered their…
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The U.S. economy added 57,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in June, below the 110,000 that economists expected. The unemployment rate fell slightly from May’s 4.3 to 4.2 percent. This month’s report follows May’s addition of 172,000 jobs and an upward revision of April’s report by 64,000 to 179,000. Subscribe Today …
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President Donald Trump flew aboard the newest Air Force One on its maiden voyage Wednesday. The plane, a Boeing 747-8, was donated to the United States by the government of Qatar—a controversial gift that some allege is an attempt to buy influence with the president. Before leaving for the opening…

