Traffic passes Enghelab Square ahead of the funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader when he was assassinated in a joint Israeli/U.S. airstrike operation, in Tehran, Iran, July 3, 2026. (Emile Ducke/The New York Times) By MAX BEARAK, SHIRIN HAKIM, FARNAZ FASSIHI and RAVI MATTU The United States launched a new set of attacks against Iran on Thursday, even as the two countries signaled that they were open to diplomacy to end a war that has, for now, narrowed to focus on control…
