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Neither Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei nor any of Ali Khamenei’s other three sons were present at Friday’s ceremony. Mojtaba’s father-in-law, Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel, appeared to act as the representative of the Khamenei family.
Funeral processions for Ali Khamenei began in Tehran on Friday without the attendance of any major world leaders.
The coffin of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was brought to Tehran's Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla on Friday as foreign delegations attended funeral ceremonies.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Iran would "resume its proportionate measures" if the United States and Israel failed to honor the understandings reached with Tehran.
US Ambassador Mike Waltz told Iran International that few would shed tears at Khamenei’s funeral, accusing him of having “his own people’s blood” on his hands and urging the UN to spotlight Iran’s recent executions of protesters.
US Ambassador to the UN Michael Waltz warned Thursday that President Donald Trump’s patience with Iran was “not unlimited,” as he accused Tehran of holding the world economy hostage by disrupting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
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A senior White House official said President Donald Trump will deliver an “inspiring and optimistic” address at Mt Rushmore on Saturday night, according to Fox News.
"The speech will also serve as a fierce rebuke to Communism and defend the ideas that make America the greatest country in the history of the world," the report said.
The gates of Tehran's Imam Khomeini Mosalla opened before dawn on Saturday, allowing the public to enter hours ahead of the funeral for Iran's Supreme Leader, according to IRGC affiliated Tasnim News.
Iranian lawmaker Morteza Mahmoudi said on Friday a “suspicious” campaign emerged on social media since Thursday to discourage people from attending the funeral of Iran’s Supreme Leader by warning of large crowds.
"Since yesterday in cyberspace, a suspicious narrative emerged to prevent people from attending the funeral ceremony of Leader under the pretext of crowd congestion, which has quickly spread!" he posted on X.
"But the passionate and prudent presence of people from across the country at this historic ceremony will humiliate and expose the foreign enemies and their domestic mercenaries."
Iranian lawmaker Kamran Ghazanfari said on Friday that Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf ignored three specific instructions from Iran’s Supreme Leader to keep nuclear issues out of negotiations, speaking at a public gathering in a Tehran square.
“Supreme Leader Khamenei gave Ghalibaf three specific instructions not to enter negotiations over nuclear matters,” Ghazanfari said. “Those instructions were given on April 4, April 18 and in early May. Yet Ghalibaf claims that he follows and obeys the Supreme Leader, but his actions were inconsistent with that.”
Mahdi Mohammadi, an advisor to the speaker of Iran’s parliament, said in a post on X on the day of Supreme Leader’s funeral that supporters would devote themselves to preparing for “revenge” following his death.
"Without doubt, from this day forth in all our lives, we shall have no task but to prepare for the moment of your great vengeance. For that hour when we shall descend upon your killers and avenge your loss. No nation shall rest until that hour when the grim memory of that dark morning is erased. Your soldiers are in need of your prayers," Mohammadi said.
Iranian activist Sepideh Qoliyan said on Friday she is “desperate” and unable to get attention for the condition of detainees linked to the January unrest in Mashhad, saying she faces silence from domestic media and risk of arrest if she speaks to foreign outlets, according to a post on X.
"I'm truly at my wits' end with what's happening to these kids. What they're doing to them is a blatant violation of human rights. I don't know what else to do anymore? Their situation is incredibly critical. We're so drowned in our own troubles that we even forget about our prisoners sometimes," she said.
"I'm really at a total loss. The conditions for the Didehban prisoners are really bad; getting them transferred has become almost impossible," Qoliyan added.
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council, attended the funeral of Iran’s Supreme Leader in Tehran on Friday and offered condolences.
“On behalf of the leadership and people of Russia, I extend our deepest condolences over the martyrdom of Iran's Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. We mourn this immeasurable loss alongside the Iranian people,” he posted on X, adding a video of his meetings with Iranian officials.
Iranian lawmaker Malek Shariati said the United States avoids targeting oil infrastructure due to the link between the US dollar and oil, and because of the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz, according to an interview published on Friday by Khat Energy.
Shariati, a member of parliament’s energy committee, said the US economy is based on the dollar and added that oil underpins its value, that is why Strait of Hormuz is the key leverage for Iran.
"The United States struck Iranian industrial facilities in the past, including petrochemical and steel sites, but avoided targeting oil infrastructure due to the risk of disrupting global energy markets and triggering reciprocal escalation," he said.
Taliban supporters on social media accused Iran of double standards for inviting both Taliban officials and anti-Taliban Afghan figures to Ali Khamenei’s funeral in Tehran on July 3, 2026.
Taliban Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi attended the ceremony, Afghanistan International reported.
Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front, and Mohammad Mohaqiq, head of the Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan, were also present.
Several Taliban supporters on X criticized Tehran over the invitation to Massoud and Mohaqiq, while others urged the Taliban government to summon Iran’s ambassador or respond by inviting to Kabul members of the Sunni insurgent group Jaish al-Adl, which Iran considers a terrorist group.