Iran begins long farewell to former supreme leader with calls for Trump’s death | First Thing
Mourners gather around the coffins of Ali Khamenei and members of his family, including his infant granddaughter Zahra Mohammadi Golpaygani. Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenMourners gather around the coffins of Ali Khamenei and members of his family, including his infant granddaughter Zahra Mohammadi Golpaygani. Khamenei was killed along with other members of his family on February 28, the first day of the US and Israeli war against Iran.The Guardian’s Patrick Wintour in Tehran reported the funeral was designed to show the Trump administration that Iran retained social resilience.
- ▪Mourners gather around the coffins of Ali Khamenei and members of his family, including his infant granddaughter Zahra Mohammadi Golpaygani.
- ▪Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenMourners gather around the coffins of Ali Khamenei and members of his family, including his infant granddaughter Zahra Mohammadi Golpaygani.
- ▪Khamenei was killed along with other members of his family on February 28, the first day of the US and Israeli war against Iran.The Guardian’s Patrick Wintour in Tehran reported the funeral was designed to show the Trump administration that
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Mourners gather around the coffins of Ali Khamenei and members of his family, including his infant granddaughter Zahra Mohammadi Golpaygani. Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenMourners gather around the coffins of Ali Khamenei and members of his family, including his infant granddaughter Zahra Mohammadi Golpaygani. Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty ImagesFirst Thing newsletterUS newsFirst Thing: Iran begins long farewell to former supreme leader with calls for Trump’s deathMillions gather in streets and officials appear in public at Tehran funeral of Ali Khamenei in show of defiance.
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