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Mourners throng funeral procession for Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei | AP News 17%
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7/6/2026, 2:57:50 AM
Keywords: Qassem Soleimani, Iran War, Donald Trump, Ali Khamenei, Tehran, Iran Government, Funerals And Memorial Services, Khamenei Funeral Supreme Leader Iran US War July 6, Mojtaba Khamenei, Religion, Iran, Israel Government, Benjamin Netanyahu, Sahar Zaraatgar, Politics, Black Experience, Fatima Hassan
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Mourners throng funeral procession in Tehran for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Mourners dressed in black flooded into Iran’s capital Monday for a procession as part of the funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with throngs of people calling for the death of U.S.
President Donald Trump.
Khamenei’s flag-draped coffin, and those of members of his family killed Feb. 28 in an airstrike at the start of the war launched by Israel and the United States, were carried on a truck decorated to resemble the ornamental grating that surrounds the shrine of an imam.
The massive turnout, encouraged by Iran’s theocracy as a sign of strength, came as it negotiates with the U.S. over a permanent end to the war.
Helicopter images aired on Iranian state television showed a massive crowd stretching from Tehran’s Azadi, or Freedom, Square for kilometers (miles) down a multilane street of the same name.
The crowd appeared to be larger than the one that turned out for the 2020 procession for the late Revolutionary Guard Gen.
Qassem Soleimani, which drew over 1 million people.
Authorities appeared concerned about the dangers of having a large crowd alongside the procession, with officials on loudspeakers urging the public to walk slowly, not to push and to stay to the edges of the street.
The coffins will be taken through the streets of Tehran on a 12-hour journey to Mehrabad International Airport, said Revolutionary Guard Gen.
Hasan Hasanzadeh, who is overseeing the procession.
Khamenei was 86.
“This is the last time I am seeing him,” said a weeping Maryam Alizadeh.
“Our generation lived with him for decades.”
Calls for Trump’s death grow as the funeral goes on
As the funeral has gone on, however, there have increasingly been calls from mourners to avenge Khamenei’s death.
Mourners and the signs they carry have called for the killing of both Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Such signs were seen again Monday along the procession’s route, with one effigy of Trump being hanged.
“We are here to show that his path will continue, and every single one of these people will continue down his path with clenched fists, and soon we will certainly avenge his death against the U.S and Israel,” said mourner Sahar Zaraatgar.
U.S. federal authorities have been tracking Iranian threats against Trump and other administration officials for years, stemming from Trump’s ordering the 2020 killing of Soleimani, who led the elite Quds Force.
Iran has repeatedly denied plotting to kill Trump, though hard-line propaganda footage long has suggested Trump was in Tehran’s crosshairs.
Trump, meanwhile, promised to destroy Iran’s civilization during the war, among other threats.
Negotiations over the war remain on hold
The U.S. is eager to press ahead with negotiations with Iran aimed at fully reopening the Strait of Hormuz, rolling back its disputed nuclear program and reaching a permanent end to the war.
Talks appear to be on hold until after the burial.
The funeral was in part a show of unity as Iran demands a measure of control over the strait, a vital waterway for global energy that it shut down during the war.
The U.S. has rejected those demands, and the sides are divided on other key issues, including Iran’s nuclear program and the conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has yet to make an appearance in the funeral ceremonies, which are unfolding over several days.
He is believed to be in hiding after reportedly being wounded in the airstrike that killed his father.
At the height of the war, before an April ceasefire, Israel targeted top leaders, in at least one case likely using their public appearance to fix their position.
It has also threatened to kill the younger Khamenei.
Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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