‘Attack Us You Losers!’: Iran’s MOST EXPLOSIVE Warning To US, Israel Right Before Khamenei Burial

The Middle East is once again on edge. As Iran prepares for one of the most significant state funerals in its modern history, a stark warning has been issued to the United States and Israel. A senior Iranian military commander has declared that any attack on the country during this sensitive period would trigger what he described as a harsh retaliation from Iran's armed forces. Commander Ali Abdallahi said, and I quote, We warn the enemies of Iran, especially the US and the Zionist regime, to avoid any miscalculation and to think about the harsh retaliation our armed forces would make to any threat and aggression against our country. The warning comes as millions are expected to mourn the late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in airstrikes on the opening day of the war. Funeral ceremonies are set to begin on July 4 in Tehran, before continuing through several cities, ending with his burial in his hometown of Mashhad on July 9. The latest threat follows remarks by Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, who reportedly said Iran's current supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was marked for death, comments that have further inflamed already soaring tensions. Iran says any threat against its leadership or its people will be met with an immediate and decisive response. Meanwhile, security has been tightened across the country. Authorities are imposing temporary airspace restrictions over Tehran, Mashhad and other major cities as preparations intensify. With emotions running high and military rhetoric escalating on both sides, the region now braces for what could become another dangerous flashpoint in an already volatile conflict. A fresh standoff has erupted over Iran's nuclear program, as Tehran flatly rejects international inspections of nuclear facilities bombed by the United States, setting the stage for another major confrontation with the UN's nuclear watchdog. Iran has ruled out allowing inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, to visit key nuclear facilities struck during recent US military operations, escalating tensions over the future of Tehran's nuclear program. Iran's chief negotiator and parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagheer Ghalibaf, dismissed reports suggesting the UN nuclear watchdog would be granted access to the bombed sites, calling those claims completely false during an appearance on Iranian state television. According to Ghalibaf, IAEA inspectors have no right to inspect nuclear facilities targeted by US strikes, including the strategically important Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites, all of which remain at the center of international concern. The senior Iranian official insisted that IAEA access remains limited to only two locations, the Bushehr nuclear power plant and the Tehran research reactor, signaling that Tehran has no intention of opening its damaged nuclear infrastructure to international inspectors. The remarks directly contradict recent comments from IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, who said existing agreements require inspectors to verify conditions on the ground, and stressed that the agency must eventually gain access to the relevant facilities. We have barely initiated conversations with Iran, so as to determine what are the modalities, and by modalities we refer to frequency, places to be visited, and so on. So the process, as you know, last weekend we were in Bugenstock in Switzerland, where initial conversations have taken place, so I expect this work to pick up soon. We had an initial exchange with the Iranian side at technical level, and the expectation is that this process will continue. You may remember that the negotiators themselves, and we are not a party to the negotiation, we are supposed to be inspecting the nuclear part, but they have established like an executive committee or supervisory committee, which will include technical working groups, including one on nuclear. So there is some process that they are trying to define, to channel the discussions within this 60-day period that they have given to themselves. There is an agreement, and to comply with that agreement, the IAEA will have to have access and inspect. So I am prepared to continue the technical work and to be there as soon as possible. The dispute over inspections has rapidly become one of the biggest obstacles in ongoing diplomacy surrounding Iran's nuclear program, with both sides publicly hardening their positions over transparency, verification and future monitoring. Western governments argue that independent inspections are essential to determine the extent of damage caused by the US strikes and to ensure that Iran's nuclear activities remain peaceful, while Tehran maintains that its sovereignty and national security must take precedence. The latest exchange underscores how fragile negotiations remain following the recent conflict, with the disagreement over IAEA access threatening to derail efforts aimed at reducing tensions and reviving broader nuclear diplomacy. As the standoff deepens, the battle over who gets access to Iran's bombed nuclear facilities is emerging as the next major flashpoint between Tehran and the international community. News never stops. The world keeps turning and every turn tells a story. Wars, elections, geopolitics, Davids versus Goliaths. While everyone is celebrating the US-China trade talk, Trump has been quietly doing something else across Asia. We're once home to the ancient Silk Road connecting East and West. 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