Iran Issues New Warning To The United States Ahead Of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Funeral

With all the America 250 events going on the conflict in Iran has taken a backseat.

But after several days of peace, Iran has issued new threats as the country is set to hold the funeral for former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who was killed in a joint airstrike by Israeli and U.S. Forces.

A senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Saturday warned the U.S. and Israel that if they make any “miscalculations” then Iran will responds with swift retaliation.

Fox News provided further details on Iran’s latest threats:

Iran sent a warning Thursday to the United States and Israel as it prepares for the funeral of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Reuters reported.

“We warn the enemies of Iran, especially the U.S. and the Zionist regime (Israel), to avoid any miscalculation and to think about the harsh retaliation our armed forces would make to any threat and aggression against our country,” Ali Abdollahi, commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said in a statement carried by state media.

Funeral processions for Khamenei began Friday in Tehran and willl end July 9 with his burial in his hometown of Mashhad. Additional ceremonies are planned in Qom and Iraq between those dates.

The head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization also said that temporary airspace restrictions would be in place over several cities, including Tehran and Mashhad.

Here’s what the streets currently look like in Iran:

⚡️BREAKING: The Public farewell ceremony for Grand Ayatollah Khamenei has Begun

Approximately 20 million Mourners are expected, and the event could become the Largest funeral in recorded Human History pic.twitter.com/npd6j6ujxu

— Iran Observer (@IranObserver0) July 4, 2026

This is currently happening:

WATCH: Thousands chant ‘Death to America’ at former Supreme Leader Khamenei’s funeral in Tehran, Iran pic.twitter.com/tvFfVBtdEL

— Rapid Report (@RapidReport2025) July 4, 2026

ABC News reported Trump has given Iran a “week off” as the conduct the funeral:

In a speech at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota on Friday night, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the United States has “knocked the hell out of Iran,” while claiming that Iran is “dying to settle.”

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Trump added that the United States “gave [Iran] a week off for a funeral, because we’re nice” ahead of Iran starting a dayslong funeral Saturday for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei months after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.

Footage showed Khamenei’s coffin draped with the Iranian flag and topped with his black turban. It was placed, along with four other coffins of his slain family members, on a large black platform that resembled the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure at the center of Islam’s holiest site in Mecca.

Khamenei’s body is expected to be taken to Qom, Najaf and Kerbala, the great Shi’ite centers of Iran and Iraq, before being laid to rest on Thursday in Mashhad, home to the country’s holiest pilgrim shrine.

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