Performer Calls For Trump’s Death At Funeral For Iran’s Late Supreme Leader

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An artist at the funeral of a deceased Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei On Sunday, a call was made for the killing of US President Donald Trump in front of a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people in the capital Tehran.

The comment represents the first direct call for Trump’s death by an emcee at the funeral, which featured posters and graffiti calling for the killing of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It was a harsh demand even as Tehran was negotiating a permanent end to the war with the United States. disruption of global energy supply.

Poet Muhammad Rasouli “Death to America!” made the calls. and “Death to Israel!”

Speaking to the crowd over a loudspeaker at the funeral, Rasouli asked, referring to Trump: “Why is the most bastard man in the world still alive?”

The question drew applause from the crowd, and Rasouli once again said that “the world is no longer a good place for Trump.”

Shiite cleric Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani, 97, later prayed for Khamenei and his late family members at Tehran’s Grand Musalla on Sunday.

A much larger crowd attended the funeral on Sunday than the previous day. Mourners dressed in black marched to the site carrying banners and flags honoring Khamenei and also calling for Trump’s death as the American president gave a speech in Washington. 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America.

“We have had tremendous success,” Trump said about the American army. “You look at Venezuela, you look at Iran. We destroyed that place, we destroyed their army.”

U.S. federal officials have been tracking Iranian threats against Trump and other administration officials for years. This stems from Trump’s 2020 order Killing of General Qasem SoleimaniHe leads the Quds Force of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. Iran has repeatedly denied planning to kill Trump, but harsh propaganda images have long been out there He claimed that Trump was targeted by Tehran.

Meanwhile Trump He vowed to destroy Iranian civilization Among various other threats during the war.

A funeral ceremony was held for Khamenei, who ruled Iran for decades Killed at the age of 86 In the air attack carried out in the opening moments of the war on 28 February Iran warmay provide support to the country’s theocracy and the son of its new religious leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.

This is important as Iran seeks to increase its influence. Strait of Hormuz It is negotiating a permanent end to the war with the United States, and concerns remain that Israel could attack again.

Due to the severity of the war, the funeral was postponed until negotiations were over.

Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.