{"id":190950,"date":"2026-07-05T10:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T10:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/190950\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T10:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T10:20:10","slug":"eulogist-at-khamenei-funeral-in-iran-calls-for-death-of-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/190950\/","title":{"rendered":"Eulogist at Khamenei funeral in Iran calls for death of Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A eulogist at the funeral of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei called for the death of US President Donald Trump on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speaking before prayers over Khamenei&#8217;s body, Mohammad Rasouli said: \u201cWhy shouldn&#8217;t we kill the one who killed my Imam and my Leader?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt is a disgrace for us if we do not kill your killer,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Posters and slogans supporting the idea of killing Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be seen on the sidelines of the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It comes as negotiations continue between Washington and Tehran over ending the Iran war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During his address to the crowd, Rasouli also urged attendees to chant \u201cdeath to America\u201d and \u201cdeath to Israel&#8221; and said &#8220;Trump&#8217;s killing is our duty&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He was met by applause after asking the crowd: \u201cWhy is the most despicable man in the world still alive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Trump told News Nation in January that he had given \u201cvery firm instructions\u201d to \u201cwipe them off the face of this Earth\u201d if Iran ever tried to assassinate him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Reports suggest that the crowd attending Sunday&#8217;s funeral ceremony was significantly larger than the one gathered the previous day.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A WALL OF WRITING IN MOSLEY, TEHRAN TITLED \u201cWE KILL TRUMP,\u201d JULY 4, 2026\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"808\" height=\"454\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f7f961358574000dbc6d1aa358f93027.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> A WALL OF WRITING IN MOSLEY, TEHRAN TITLED \u201cWE KILL TRUMP,\u201d JULY 4, 2026   &#8211; AP Photo <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A red flag bearing the phrase \u201cYa Litharat al-Hussein\u201d (\u201cO Avengers of Hussein\u201d) was raised above the dome of Tehran&#8217;s Mosalla during the event. The flag is a symbol of seeking vengeance for the killing of Hussein ibn Ali, the third Imam of Shia Islam. Many participants were also carrying red flags as a symbol of retribution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speaking from Mount Rushmore on the eve of America&#8217;s 250th anniversary, Trump said the US had &#8220;knocked the hell out of Iran&#8221; and that Tehran was &#8220;dying to settle&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;They want to settle so badly,&#8221; he continued, adding: &#8220;We gave him a week off for a funeral because we&#8217;re nice&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In an interview with Axios, Trump said he was keeping an eye on Khameini&#8217;s funeral.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;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,&#8221; Trump told the outlet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A eulogist at the funeral of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei called for the death of US&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[327,41,38,19937,57036,34,56959,69],"class_list":["post-190950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran","tag-ali-khamenei","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-donald-trump","tag-funeral-ceremony","tag-hussein-ibn-ali","tag-iran","tag-mohammad-rasouli","tag-tehran"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116866870311695917","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}