US agrees to halt talks with Iran for a week as funeral for Khamenei begins

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Iran's government is preparing Friday for what will be a dayslong funeral for the former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an airstrike in the first day of the war in February. The country said it expects millions of people out in the streets to mourn. This comes as talks between the U.S. and Iran have been put on pause. Qatari and Pakistani mediators signaled on Thursday that the U.S. and Iran will meet "at the earliest possible time" following the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the former supreme leader of the country. The general who leads Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, appeared in public for the first time in months on Thursday ahead of Khamenei's funeral. The caskets of Khamenei and his family members were carried into Tehran's Grand Mosalla Friday morning. Khamenei was killed on February 28 during the