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Iran Threatens US, Israel Over Funeral, Hormuz Patrols

7/5/2026

Summary

Story summary

Iran warned U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel against attacks during the week-long funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Hundreds of thousands gathered, beating chests and chanting “Death to America” and “Revenge”, as Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev attended.
Top negotiator Kazem Gharibabadi warned France, the United Kingdom and the United States that joint patrols in the Strait of Hormuz would meet a response.

History

Historical Context

After the 1979 Iranian Revolution toppled Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, student militants seized the U.S. embassy on 4 November, holding 52 American diplomats for 444 days—a crisis that forged a lasting U.S.–Iran antagonism. Decades later, mourners at Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral chant “Death to America,” and Iran’s foreign minister warns the United States, France and the United Kingdom of retaliation in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Story summary

Iran warned U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel against attacks during the week-long funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Hundreds of thousands gathered, beating chests and chanting “Death to America” and “Revenge”, as Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev attended.
Top negotiator Kazem Gharibabadi warned France, the United Kingdom and the United States that joint patrols in the Strait of Hormuz would meet a response.

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