Iran Is Burying the Supreme Leader America Killed — With 20 Million Mourners Expected and a Warning That Any Strike Means “Harsh Retaliation”

Five months after U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Khamenei in the war's opening wave, Iran has begun a week-long state funeral it calls the largest gathering in its history — up to 20 million mourners expected, airspace closed, Revolutionary Guard deployed. The timing is combustible: Israel's defense minister just declared the new supreme leader "marked for death," and Tehran answered with a promise of "harsh retaliation" to any aggression — while urging Trump to muzzle "its pets in Tel Aviv." One incident during the processions could reignite everything.