{"id":15059,"date":"2026-07-07T15:02:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15059"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:02:26","slug":"funeral-for-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-unfolds-in-iran-as-mourners-pledge-revenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15059","title":{"rendered":"Funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei unfolds in Iran as mourners pledge \u2018revenge\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!--(--><!--(--><!----><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Mourners dressed in black poured into Tehran on Monday for the funeral procession of Iran\u2019s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with massive crowds calling for President Donald Trump\u2019s death and vowing revenge against the United States and Israel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Khamenei\u2019s coffin was carried through the Iranian capital alongside the coffins of family members killed in a Feb. 28 airstrike at the start of the war launched by Israel and the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Iran\u2019s ruling theocracy encouraged the turnout as a show of strength while the regime remains locked in tense negotiations with Washington over an end to the war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>As the funeral truck moved slowly through the capital, mourners waved signs and banners targeting Trump. Some also called for the killing of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and an effigy of Trump was seen hanging along the route.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>\u201cToday that we are here for the funeral for our leader, it\u2019s a very tough day,\u201d mourner Fatima Hassan said. \u201cWe are not here to say goodbye to him. We are here for revenge. And we will take revenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Crowds reached out to touch the truck, while others tossed scarves and other items toward attendants to brush against the coffin \u2014 a common Iranian practice viewed as a blessing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Khamenei\u2019s casket was flown to the Shiite seminary city of Qom later Monday, where he is expected to be honored Tuesday, according to state television.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Yesterday&#8217;s Fox News Digital live blog offers additional coverage of the conflict with Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--)--><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mourners dressed in black poured into Tehran on Monday for the funeral procession of Iran\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}