Mourners vow revenge on Trump at funeral of Iran’s former supreme leader Ali Khamenei

Iran held a major state funeral today for Ali Khamenei, the country's former supreme leader, who was assassinated on February twenty-eighth during what Iran describes as the US and Israeli military conflict. His son, Mojtaba, has assumed the role of new supreme leader but remained absent from the public ceremony in Tehran. Three of Khamenei's brothers stood beside the coffin as mourners gathered. According to reports, some attendees made calls for revenge against the United States. The funeral marks a significant moment in Iran's political transition.

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