Live Live: Iran buries Khamenei after new fighting with US erupts Middle East Iran on Friday laid to rest its former supreme leader Ali Khamenei over four months after his killing in an airstrike, as two days of US and Iranian attacks raised fears of a return to all-out war. Khamenei's flag-covered coffin was carried aloft into the shrine of Imam Reza in his home city of Mashhad in eastern Iran as a sea of people waited outside and listened to prayers, with no sign of a public appearance by his son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates.

Yesterday's key developments: - US President Donald Trump briefed Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday about US operations in the Gulf, the Israeli Prime Minister's office said, said, after Iran reported fresh American strikes. - The US will oversee the withdrawal of Israeli forces from "pilot zones" in the country's occupied south, with the first to get underway within days, Lebanese and US officials. - Several explosions were heard in southern parts of Iran including Bushehr, where one of Iran's nuclear plants is located, Konarak and Choghadak, Iran's Mehr news agency reported.

(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)