Published: July 6, 2026 4:27 pm
Author: RT
Monday saw the largest crowd yet in weeklong ceremonies for Iran’s late supreme leader, killed in a joint US-Israeli strike
Huge crowds attended the funeral procession of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in central Tehran on Monday, which also featured a banner reading ‘Kill Trump’ and chants of ‘Death to America’.
It was the largest public event of the multi-day funeral, with mourners lining the nearly 20-km (12-mile) route through the Iranian capital. State media reported that millions turned out to pay tribute to Khamenei, who was killed in the first wave of US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran.
The footage showed mourners holding flower-framed portraits of Khamenei, chanting anti-US and anti-Israel slogans, and carrying a large banner reading “Kill Trump: $100 million Iranian bounty.” Many waved red-and-white flags symbolizing martyrdom and revenge in Shia tradition as trucks carrying the flag-draped caskets of Khamenei and four of his family members made their way through the city.
As the procession passed beneath a bridge, mourners hurled stones at a billboard depicting US President Donald Trump with a bullet aimed at his head. The sign read in Persian: “The US killed our father. We won’t let you go!”
According to media reports, some participants also carried posters depicting US Vice President J.D. Vance, US War Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the crosshairs of a gunsight alongside the words “There will be blood.”
Call for revenge: Crimson protests rise for Iran’s martyred Leader. pic.twitter.com/gpG8JNJO7Y
— IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) July 6, 2026
The burial ceremonies come more than four months after Khamenei was assassinated on February 28 in a concentrated US-Israeli airstrike on his official residence in Tehran. Several relatives were also killed, including his son-in-law, daughter, and 14-month-old granddaughter.
The ceremonies began on Friday, attended by Iranian officials, foreign dignitaries, and regional delegations. The cortege is scheduled to move to the holy city of Qom before continuing to the Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala. Khamenei will be buried at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, his hometown, on Thursday.
Mourners chanted slogans calling for revenge for the Leader’s blood and resistance against adversaries and traitors, while waving Iranian flags as well red flags of revenge and carrying portraits of martyred Leader. pic.twitter.com/k4EOzlI97h
— Tasnim News Agency (@Tasnimnews_EN) July 6, 2026
Trump said over the weekend that renewed peace talks with Iran had been delayed for a week by the funeral ceremonies. A preliminary peace agreement was reached last month, paving the way for further negotiations, although Israel has opposed the process and Tehran has accused it of trying to derail diplomacy.
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that any Iranian leader who “attempts to advance plans to destroy Israel will be thwarted.” He also slammed mourners’ calls for revenge, describing them as “disgraceful.”
