Mourners at the funeral procession of slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei carried banners and aggressive placards calling for the death of US President Donald Trump, with inflammatory chants of “death to America” and “death to Israel” echoing through Tehran’s streets.A large poster depicting Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as wanted men was displayed among the crowds. It carried English-language threats including “There will be blood” and “Kill Trump,” alongside images of the two leaders marked with crosshairs and coffins placed under their faces. The poster promised a gift of land to whoever killed them both, reading: “Kill them both like dogs and receive 100 plots of land, each measuring 20 square meters, as a reward.“
Multiple displays of anti-American and anti-Trump sentiments could be caught at the funeral procession. Participants were also seen carrying an effigy of Trump hanging from a noose, supported by a pro-Iran flag. Other mourners carried placards featuring US Vice President JD Vance, War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Netanyahu with the words “There will be blood.”A video circulating online showed Iranians gathered for the funeral throwing objects at a poster of Trump. The accompanying Arabic slogan , “O Avengers of Husayn”, invoked Shiite ideas of martyrdom and divinely sanctioned retribution that may be delayed but is ultimately inevitable.The funeral ceremony also featured inflammatory remarks from eulogist Mohammad Rasouli, who called for Trump’s death while addressing mourners before prayers over Khamenei’s body on Sunday. “Why shouldn’t we kill the one who killed my Imam and my Leader?” Rasouli said. “It is a disgrace for us if we do not kill your killer.”Rasouli urged attendees to chant “death to America” and “death to Israel,” declaring that “Trump’s killing is our duty.” He was met with applause after asking the crowd: “Why is the most despicable man in the world still alive?”The developments come as Trump claimed Washington could “liquidate” the surviving Iranian leadership with “one shot” if it desired, pointing to the congregation of top Iranian officials attending the funeral. “They are all there. One shot [and we can take them all out], but we are not going to do that because then we would have nobody to negotiate with,” Trump said in an interview with Axios.Iran’s state broadcaster Press TV reported that the funeral procession, which began on Monday morning in Tehran, is expected to be “the largest public gathering in the country’s modern history,” lasting 10 to 12 hours along a 10-kilometre route. The ceremonies will continue in Qom on Tuesday, followed by processions in Najaf and Karbala on Wednesday, with burial scheduled for Thursday at the shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad.Delegations from scores of countries, including heads of state and senior officials from Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey and several other nations, arrived in Tehran to pay respects.
