Tehran prepares massive security operation for Ali Khamenei's July 9 burial, mobilizing Basij militia and IRGC for expected historic turnout.

In the spring, U.S. officials suspected Israel intended to kill Iran's top negotiators and sent a warning to Tehran to take precautions.

"The danger Kurds pose is down the road," a former U.S. official told Newsweek.

The PDKI says six Kurdish fighters were killed in an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp ambush near Piranshahr, while the Revolutionary Guards claim five Kurdish militants dead.

Negotiations between Iran and the U.S. will pause for a week for the funeral of Iran's slain supreme leader, but President Trump, and mediators, say there's been progress.

By Andrew Mills and Elwely Elwelly DOHA/DUBAI, June 30 (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it would not meet with top U.S. envoys who flew to the region following an outbreak of hostilities, clouding the prospects for a lasting peace between the two countries.

Senior U.S. officials have said Iran would be richly rewarded for changing its stance on the United States. Iran’s leaders have rejected such a bargain in the past.

Iran’s joint military command has warned that all oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz must use its approved routes or face a “forceful response.”