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Crowds in Mashhad hold 'We will kill Trump' banner ahead of Khamenei burial

Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera English

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July 9, 2026

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Huge crowds gathering in Mashhad, ahead of the burial of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, held up a large red banner that read ‘We will kill Trump’. Thursday’s burial at the country's holiest shrine in Mashhad, in the northeast, is the culmination of a week of mass funeral processions and rallies. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile

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The Jerusalem Post

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· Jul 9, 2026

Khamenei, his family buried in Mashhad as Iranian mourners chant for Trump's killing

As crowds jostled in Mashhad awaiting Khamenei's funeral cortege, the crowd chanted slogans demanding revenge on US President Donald Trump for his killing.

The Daily Wire

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· Jul 10, 2026

Khamenei’s Funeral Mourners Send Threatening Message To America

A massive banner reading “We Will Kill Trump” was carried through the funeral procession for former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday, the latest in a series of death threats against President Donald Trump displayed during the regime’s state-organized ceremonies. The multi-day funeral ceremonies, which spanned several cities across Iran and Iraq, featured ...

Yemen News Agency - SABA

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· Jul 5, 2026

Mirzaei: Million-strong funeral for martyr leader is “major popular demonstration”

Mirzaei: Million-strong funeral for martyr leader is “major popular demonstration”

South China Morning Post

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· Jul 5, 2026

At Khamenei’s funeral, Iranian poet says ‘world is no longer a good place’ for Trump

A performer at the funeral for Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for the death of US President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people on Sunday in the capital, Tehran. The comment represents the first, direct call for Trump’s death by an emcee at the funeral, which has seen posters and graffiti calling for the killing of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. That has been a hardline demand even as Tehran negotiates with the US over a...

Mehr News Agency

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· Jul 7, 2026

VIDEO: Aerial view of funeral rite of martyred Leader in Qom

QOM, Jul. 07 (MNA) – An aerial view of a massive turnout of mourners at the holy city of in Qom is shown to observe the funeral procession for the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and his family.

Washington Examiner

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· Jul 9, 2026

Iranians wave banners reading ‘WE WILL KILL TRUMP’ at Ali Khamenei’s funeral

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s funeral on Thursday attracted large crowds of mourners wishing death upon President Donald Trump, after he launched the war that killed the Islamist figure in February. Funeral events reached their culmination this week, as mourners reached the country’s holiest shrine for Khamenei’s burial at the Shrine of Imam Reza in []

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Related coverage for "Crowds in Mashhad hold 'We will kill Trump' banner ahead of Khamenei burial": The Jerusalem Post — Khamenei, his family buried in Mashhad as Iranian mourners chant for Trump's killing. The Daily Wire — Khamenei’s Funeral Mourners Send Threatening Message To America. Yemen News Agency - SABA — Mirzaei: Million-strong funeral for martyr leader is “major popular demonstration”. South China Morning Post — At Khamenei’s funeral, Iranian poet says ‘world is no longer a good place’ for Trump. Mehr News Agency — VIDEO: Aerial view of funeral rite of martyred Leader in Qom. Washington Examiner — Iranians wave banners reading ‘WE WILL KILL TRUMP’ at Ali Khamenei’s funeral