Iran calls for massive turnout at Khamenei’s funeral, urges public to ‘avenge’ his death

Iran’s Parliament Speaker and main negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has urged millions of Iranians to enactment successful the ceremonial of the precocious Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, describing the ceremonial arsenic an accidental to honour his bequest and nonstop a beardown connection to the planetary community.

In a connection issued connected Thursday, Ghalibaf called connected citizens to be the funeral, which is scheduled to statesman connected Saturday, saying the gathering should bespeak the nation’s resoluteness pursuing Khamenei’s decease successful U.S.-Israeli airstrikes astatine the commencement of the caller Middle East conflict.

“I invitation each the Iranian radical to constitute a glorious leafage successful the past of Islamic Iran done your presence.

“The nation’s telephone for vengeance indispensable ringing successful the ears of the full world,” Ghalibaf said.

The funeral, which was postponed during the tallness of the conflict, comes arsenic Iran and the United States observe a fragile ceasefire aft reaching a preliminary statement aimed astatine ...