“Chants for Vengeance” - Khamenei Funeral Draws Massive Crowds In Tehran artwork

“Chants for Vengeance” - Khamenei Funeral Draws Massive Crowds In Tehran

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July 9, 2026

Massive crowds filled the streets of Tehran during the funeral procession for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, drawing global attention and sparking intense debate. Reports from the event describe unprecedented turnout, political messaging, and chants that quickly went viral online.
Speakers: Glenn Washington
**SPEAKER_1** (0:01)
Khamenei's funeral was this past weekend, on 4th of July, in Iran. Millions of people showed up. Low end, one, two, three million. High end, 10, 15 million, out to mourn the loss of their supreme leader. And I want to read something to you. Imagine you attend an event like that. Say our president was killed. Say our Billy Graham was killed, okay? Say something like that were to happen, okay? How do you think the opening would be of that ceremony when the MC got up? What do you think the MC would say? You think the MC is going to get up there and say what? You think they're going to give a message of, hey, we lost this person, you know, we're not happy, all this other stuff. Well, let me read to you what the MC at this event said. And you tell me how you feel about this. Poet Mohammed Rasoli, poet Mohammed Rasoli, who was the MC at this event, told the crowd the following. You ready? Why is the biggest bastard in the world still alive? He's talking about Trump. And said the world is no longer a good place for him.
This threw cheers and chants of death to America, mar-barre-om-ri-ca, mar-barre-om-ri-ca. Then banners and signs that read, ready? Kill Trump. They're negotiating with this guy. Banners that read kill Trump. With some showing Trump and Netanyahu in crosshairs, or messages like, your heads will roll. Also targeting US figures like Lindsey Graham and others. Mourners voiced personal vows. They killed our imam. We should kill their leader, Trump. They're screaming this at the ceremony.
Imagine America hosts that, and this is it? Is this the individual? Is this somebody else? Is this not the poet? Trump's assassin is... Yeah, so this is the event that they just had. Vengeance, officials and eulogists called for blood vengeance. Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bahair Kali-Ibaf suggested retaliation could come via missiles or negotiations. IRGC Commander Vahidi received vengeance chants. This is nonstop with all the stuff that's going on there. These are nonstop stories that they had. Look at all these pictures that they have in Iran of the people with a target on their head. Can you imagine if this is that country for you? This is IRGC for you. This is why a lot of Iranians and Americans are concerned about negotiating with a organization like this that in their speech, the MC, not guys in the streets, the MC, says, why is he alive? Can you please play this? Go for it, watch this.
Why should we not kill the one that killed our Imam?
Why not kill him?
It would be our disgrace if we did not kill your killer.
From this day on, our shroud shall replace our clothing.
We swear by your blood, killing Trump is our duty.

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**SPEAKER_1** (4:03)
Did you hear that? That's not 1,000 people sound.

**SPEAKER_3** (4:05)
Oh, no.

**SPEAKER_1** (4:06)
That's not 10,000 people.

**SPEAKER_3** (4:07)
That's a lot of people.

**SPEAKER_1** (4:08)
That's hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people that are chanting that, that are agreeing with them. And this is who we're negotiating with right now.
This is who we're negotiating with right now. Vinny, when you see something like this, how do you react to it?

**SPEAKER_3** (4:21)
Well, the first thing this morning when I woke up and I saw it in my head, I'm just like, have you guys not learned your lesson? Have you not learned this whole death to America, kill mentality, murder, execute? It's not working.
The world doesn't like a nation that screams at the top of their lungs, killing. Mother, this is happening before the war, okay? This has been happening since he was there, since my mom and dad were there, since my grandparents were there. They hate America.
If they could have us all dead, they would do it. I'm not talking about the Iranian people, I'm talking about the people that have been running this damn place for way too many years, okay? And you would think, and I get it, I get it, your supreme leader is gone. The narrative of kill our president and kill Americans and kill, it's just, you would think that they would just like calm down, okay? And I get it, I get it, this is what, a month long, is this it, Pat, right here? Yeah. That's it. And how long do they have it for? Is it for a month?

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