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Iran's Tehran-Mashhad railway suspended after US strikes
TEHRAN: The train service between Tehran and Mashhad has been suspended after United States strikes, state TV reported on Thursday (Jul 9), hours before late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was due to be buried in the eastern Iranian holy city.The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways blamed "a criminal attack by the US-Israeli enemy" on the route and said it had dispatched repair teams, the state broadcaster reported, adding that road transport was being arranged for stranded passengers.Earlier, Iran's Revolutionary Guards accused the US of targeting "two bridges in the eastern provinces leading toward Mashhad in an effort to overshadow" Khamenei's funeral, state TV said.The burial in Mashhad, Khamenei's hometown, will be the final act of a multi-day funeral, after Iran's leader for more than thr
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