Day 130 of US-Israel War on Iran: Tanker Struck in Strait of Hormuz, Khamenei Mourners Gather in Qom

Iranian state television early Tuesday aired live images from a helicopter of hundreds of thousands of people walking toward Jamkaran Mosque, just south of Qom, for a funeral service for Khamenei.

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Iranian state television early Tuesday aired live images from a helicopter of hundreds of thousands of people walking toward Jamkaran Mosque, just south of Qom, for a funeral service for Khamenei.

day 130 of us israel war on iran tanker struck in strait of hormuz khamenei mourners gather in qom

A truck carrying the coffins of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family makes its way through mourners during the funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 6, 2026. Photo: AP/Vahid Salemi.

A tanker traveling off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz caught on fire early this morning after being struck by a projectile, the British military said.

The attack was the latest targeting a vessel moving through the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, through which a fifth of all oil and natural gas traded once passed in peacetime.

The US is in negotiations with Iran aimed at fully reopening the strait, rolling back Tehran’s nuclear programme and reaching a permanent end to the war it began with Israel on February 28.

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