Skip to navigationSkip to main contentSkip to right columnADVERTISEMENTAnand SinhaFri, July 3, 2026 at 8:08 PM GMT+2 2 min readThe United States of America is going to celebrate its 250th Independence Day on July 4, 2026. "With a single sheet of parchment and 56 signatures, America began the greatest political journey in human history," said President Donald Trump.Meanwhile, Iran is holding a massive funeral ceremony for the former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who was assassinated in a U.S.-Iran military operation on Feb. 28.Motorists ride past a giant billboard bearing a picture of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ahead of his funeral, in Tehran on July 2, 2026.Getty ImagesKhamenei's body will lie in state in Tehran's Grand Mosalla from July 3 ahead of the burial in his hometown of Mashhad on July 9. The country is observing a long mourning period amid a fragile pause in hostilities with Israel and the U.S.Trending on TheStreet RoundtableBillionaire who called dot-com bubble makes shocking Bitcoin predictionAnalyst predicts 200% upside for Circle stock despite fierce competition