Supporters of the Islamic Republic at Ali Khamenei’s funeral in Tehran chanted “kill Trump” and “kill Bibi” while holding banners calling for revenge for the slain supreme leader.
US President Donald Trump said he was following Ali Khamenei’s funeral and suggested Iranian officials who gathered there could be targeted, but said Washington would not do so because it needs people to negotiate with, Axios reported Saturday.
Maritime trade between Iran and Qatar resumed after Qatar’s Al Ruwais port reopened to Iranian goods following a roughly five-month suspension, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday, citing Iran’s commercial counselor in Doha.
A cargo vessel sent a distress alert on Sunday saying it was under attack by unknown armed assailants about 30 nautical miles southwest of Hodeidah, Yemen, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said.
Iran’s army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia said on Sunday that any mistake by Iran’s enemies would be met with a “crushing and decisive” response by the country’s armed forces.
Negotiations between the United States and the Islamic Republic are set to resume in Pakistan on July 11, following Ali Khamenei’s days-long funeral, Al Arabiya reported Saturday citing sources.
Iranian state media said senior clerics, rather than current Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, would lead funeral prayers for former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Qom and Mashhad.
German newspaper Die Welt reported that Iranian authorities had prepared for the possibility that between 1,500 and 3,000 people could die during former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s week-long funeral ceremonies, citing a classified document and municipal sources in Tehran.