Khamenei's funeral mobilizes crowds in Iran and has chants of 'death to Trump'; see PHOTOS

Crowds flock to ALi Khamenei's funeral
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Thousands of people dressed in black took to the streets of the Iranian capital this Monday (6) for a procession in honor of the late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Crowds carried signs and shouted slogans calling for the death of US President Donald Trump.
Khamenei's coffin, covered with the Iranian flag, and those of his family members were on a truck decorated to resemble the ornamental grille that surrounds the shrine of an imam - a type of priest of Islam.
Massive popular participation, encouraged by the Iranian theocracy as a sign of strength, came as the country negotiates with the US a definitive end to the war that has raged. killed the 86-year-old cleric.
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died on February 28, 2026, at the age of 86, during a joint airstrike conducted by the United States and Israel. The bombing also killed his daughter, his son-in-law, a daughter-in-law and a grandson.
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Aerial images shown on Iranian state television showed a huge crowd stretching from Azadi Square, or Freedom Square, in Tehran, for kilometers along an avenue of the same name.
The crowd appeared to be larger than the one that attended the 2020 procession honoring the late Revolutionary Guard general Qassem Soleimani, which drew more than 1 million people.
Authorities did not immediately release an approximate number of the crowd as the truck slowly advanced down the street. But people along the route, both next to the truck and at other points, carried posters, signs and banners calling for Trump's death.
"Today, as we are here for our leader's funeral, it is a very difficult day," said funeral participant, Fátima Hassan. "We are not here to say goodbye to him, we are here to take revenge. And we will take revenge."
People call for the death of Donald Trump, seen as one of those responsible for Khamenei's death
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Authorities have expressed concern about the dangers of a large crowd on the side of the procession, with officials using loudspeakers to ask the public to walk slowly, not push and remain on the sides of the procession. street.
The coffins will be carried through the streets of Tehran on a 12-hour journey to Mehrabad International Airport, said Revolutionary Guard General Hasan Hasanzadeh, who is overseeing the procession.
Authorities have sealed off streets, airspace and disrupted daily life as a sign of mourning. The procession began on Saturday (4) and will end on Thursday (9), when Khamenei will be buried at the shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad, his hometown.
Protesters at Ali Khamenei's funeral
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"This is the last time I see him," said Maryam Alizadeh, in tears. "Our generation lived with him for decades."
As the funeral continued, calls from mourners to avenge Khamenei's death grew. Participants and the signs they carried called for the assassination of both Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Such posters were seen again on Monday along the procession route, with a depiction of Trump being hanged.
"We are here to show that his path will continue, and each of these people will go their way with their fists clenched and soon we will certainly avenge their death against the US and Israel," said mourner Sahar Zaraatgar.
US federal authorities have been monitoring Iranian threats against Trump and other members of the government for years, ever since Trump ordered the assassination of Soleimani in 2020, commander of the Quds Force, an elite unit of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Iran has repeatedly denied planning to kill Trump, although hardline propaganda images have long suggested that Trump was in Tehran's crosshairs.
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