Day 125 of the WarThursday, July 2, 2026
Day 125 — CENTCOM Says a Bahrain Unit Downed 14 Iranian Drones as the IRGC Warns U.S. Jets Out of Hormuz; Qalibaf Bars IAEA From the Bombed Nuclear Sites and Declares 'America Was Defeated'; Vantor Imagery Shows Isfahan's Tunnels Still Sealed; the IRGC Threatens Any Strike During Khamenei's Funeral as the Regime Cracks From Within
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Qalibaf: No IAEA Access to Bombed Sites, 'America Was Defeated'
- Parliament speaker Qalibaf declares Iran will never allow IAEA inspectors access to the nuclear sites bombed in the U.S. and Israeli strikes, claims the MoU 'proves America was defeated,' and calls for a 'true strategic partnership with China.'source
- High-resolution satellite imagery from the Vantor company shows tunnel entrances at Iran's Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center still fully blocked with soil, backfilled in early 2026 — nearly a year after the Israeli strikes and the U.S. Operation Midnight Hammer.source
IRGC Threatens Anyone Who Strikes During the Funeral
Iran- Ali Abdollahi, commander of the Central Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, warns the United States, Israel and regional countries against any military action during the days of Khamenei's funeral, writing: 'We warn the enemies.'source
- Amid official warnings over the safety of funeral participants, IRGC Qom province commander Fathollah Jamiri addresses security for the procession — the regime bracing its own capital for a mass mourning it fears could become a flashpoint.source
The Regime Cracks From Within on the Eve of the Funeral
- LiveIranNews reports a fresh internal rift: a Stability Front supporter, Abuzar Mohammad-Hosseini, harshly attacks President Pezeshkian and speaker Qalibaf in an Instagram video, exposing the factional fury boiling under the state mourning.source
- Deepening the fracture, Mohammad Jafar Ghaem-Panah, a deputy to Pezeshkian, remarks that if everything the Leader says must be implemented, then 'neither the parliament nor the Supreme National Security Council has any meaning' — a rare public challenge to absolute rule.source
14 Iranian Drones Down Over Bahrain as Hormuz Standoff Hardens
Gulf & Naval- U.S. Central Command says a Joint Counter-Unmanned Aerial System unit in Bahrain shot down 14 Iranian one-way attack drones over the past several weeks, praising the soldiers' and sailors' performance as the aerial threat over the Gulf persists.source
- The IRGC's Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters issues a statement warning against 'the continued presence of U.S. fighter jets, both manned and unmanned, over the Strait of Hormuz,' while deputy FM Gharibabadi insists the strait is under the Islamic Republic's command, 'not CENTCOM.'source