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Authorities flew late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s coffin to the Shiite seminary city of Qom overnight, where more mourners have gathered to pay their respects. Iranian state television early. . .
Authorities flew late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s coffin to the Shiite seminary city of Qom overnight, where more mourners have gathered to pay their respects. Iranian state television early Tuesday aired live images from a helicopter of hundreds of thousands of people walking toward Jamkaran Mosque, just south of Qom, for a funeral service for the former supreme leader, who was killed in an Israeli or U. S. strike on Feb. 28, the first day of the war. Iranians carrying flags and posters gather for a farewell ceremony for the country’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U. S. -Israeli attacks weeks earlier, in Qom, Iran, July 7, 2026. Stringer/Anadolu/GettyAs the week-long funeral has gone on, mourners have increasingly called for Khamenei’s death to be avenged, holding signs and chanting for the killing of both President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Such signs were seen again Monday along the procession’s route. “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. Police stand guard during a public farewell ceremony for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on Feb. 28 in Israeli and U. S. airstrikes, at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Iran, July 5, 2026. Mohammed Salem/REUTERSU. S. federal authorities have been tracking Iranian threats against the president and other administration officials for years, stemming from Mr. Trump’s ordering the 2020killing of Qassem Soleimani, who led Iran’s elite Quds Force. Iran has repeatedly denied plotting to kill Mr. Trump, though hardline propaganda video produced by the regime has long suggested he is in Tehran’s crosshairs. Mr. Trump, meanwhile, promised to destroy Iran’s civilization during the war, among other threats.