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Iran begins dayslong funeral for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in war

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of mourners began a dayslong funeral on Saturday for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, beating their chests in sorrow before the glass case containing his flag-draped coffin in Tehran and calling for revenge against Israel and the United States.

The funeral for Khamenei, who ruled Iran for decades before he was killed at age 86 in a Feb. 28 airstrike in the opening moments of the Iran war, could provide a boost for the country’s theocracy and its new supreme leader, his son Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.

That is important as Iran tries to leverage its hold on the Strait of Hormuz in negotiations with the U.S. over a permanent end to the war and as concern lingers that Israel could attack again.

The funeral was delayed as the war raged, and talks appear to be on hold until it is over.

During the ceremony, Iran’s chief negotiator warned France and the U.K. over their comments about potentially launching joint patrols in the waterway, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all oil and natural gas once passed in peacetime.

“We attended the funeral to show that we are all committed to defend our country and religion,” said one mourner, Ali Kazemi.

“Imam Khamenei was our heart, our father, our everything,” said a weeping Hananeh Mousavi, 27, who attended alongside her mother.

“I still can’t believe they martyred him.

We will not rest until we avenge his death.”

As the sunset approached, the streams of people continued.

“Authorities advised not to rush to the sites,” said a later visitor, Mohammad Barati.

Mourners had also been advised not to stay too long, to allow others to come.

Funeral starts as US marks its 250th anniversary

Iran chose July 4, the 250th anniversary of the creation of the U.S., to begin the funeral.

While authorities did not acknowledge the timing, crowds at the ceremony in Tehran chanted: “Death to America!”

The refrain has been common in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and U.S.

Embassy takeover and hostage crisis.

They also cried: “Death to Israel!”

“We knocked the hell out of Iran,” U.S.

President Donald Trump said in a speech at the same time in South Dakota in front of Mount Rushmore.

“They want to settle so badly.

We gave them a week off for a funeral.”

The U.S. president was not forgotten in Tehran.

In the crowd in Grand Mosalla, several mourners held a large flag that read: “#KillTrump.”

Khamenei to be buried in Mashhad

Khamenei’s body will be transported to cities in Iran and neighboring Iraq.

Authorities have shut down streets, airspace and daily life for the mourning, which will end Thursday as he is buried at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Khamenei’s place of birth.

Authorities offered no immediate attendance count for the event Saturday.

Other cities across Iran also held mourning ceremonies.

On Sunday, a prayer for the dead is planned at the Grand Mosalla.

On Monday, Khamenei’s body and those of his family will be taken through the streets of Tehran, which likely will draw large crowds.

“We attended the funeral to show that we are all committed to defend our country and religion,” said one mourner, Ali Kazemi.

“I am here to say goodbye to my beloved leader Ali Khamenei,” said a weeping Hananeh Mousavi, 27, who attended alongside her mother.

“I never expected to see such a day.

I wish I had died before this tragedy.”

Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.