Poet calls for Trump's death at Khamenei funeral — SkimNews
Get the Geopolitics newsletter
Daily geopolitics — wars, elections, sanctions, the diplomatic moves that move markets. Free.
- Mohammad Rasouli, a poet, called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands in Tehran on Sunday, July 5, 2026, at the funeral for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- Rasouli asked the crowd why 'the most b*d man in the world' — referring to Trump — is 'still alive,' drawing cheers and chants of 'Death to America!' and 'Death to Israel!'
- Khamenei's marathon funeral ceremonies entered their second day, with prayers scheduled over his casket after massive crowds filled Tehran to pay final respects.
- The Hindu and Globe and Mail World both ran the story with near-identical framing to this 'West Asia War LIVE' blog, converging on the performer, the quote, and the funeral setting as the consensus angle.
Why it matters: A public call for an American president's assassination broadcast before hundreds of thousands of mourners — and met with 'Death to America!' and 'Death to Israel!' chants — shows that anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli hostility remains a fixture of official Iranian mourning liturgy, a backdrop that constrains any diplomatic opening with Tehran's new leadership.
Ask SkimNews
