Clad in black, folks threw petals onto the coffins, together with the tiny casket of Khamenei’s granddaughter, who was solely 14 months previous when she was killed, in accordance with state media.
“We’ll avenge the blood of the martyrs and our martyred imam from these criminals,” mentioned a person, 63, who gave his surname as Kazemi.
Individuals carried blood-red flags – symbols of vengeance in Shia Islam – in addition to slogans together with “Kill Trump” and pictures of Mojtaba Khamenei.
“I got here with honour and pleasure to indicate all of the folks of the world how a lot we liked him (Ali Khamenei) and the way dedicated we’re to the system, the folks and the Islamic republic,” mentioned Melika Nourian, 22, a college pupil.
MESSAGE TO “ENEMIES”
One other truck was adorned with pictures of prime Iranian and pro-Tehran officers killed lately, together with the top of the abroad operations arm of the Revolutionary Guards, the Quds Drive, Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US strike on Iraq in 2020.
“The management of the martyr taught everybody that Iran’s biggest asset is its folks and their unity,” President Masoud Pezeshkian, who was among the many mourners, wrote on X.
Different figures proven attending by state media included International Minister Abbas Araghchi, judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei and the present head of the Quds Drive, Esmail Qaani.
The top of Iran’s supreme nationwide safety council, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, whose predecessor Ali Larijani was killed in an airstrike in March, made his first look in public since being named on the procession, state tv confirmed.
“The presence of tens of millions of individuals with purple flags and slogans, demanding bloodshed, is a transparent message from the Iranian nation to its enemies,” Iranian media quoted him as saying.
State media additionally confirmed pictures of Mahmood Ahmadinejad, Iran’s president from 2005 to 2013, participating. Ahmadinejad had fallen out with Khamenei within the latter a part of his presidency and had not been seen for the reason that conflict started.
