Beside the coffin of the assassinated former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei at a packed prayer hall in Tehran on Sunday there were calls for the killing of Donald Trump.

The funeral prayers for the former supreme leader and four other family members created a political spectacle at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla that melded grief with calls for revenge.

“From now on the shroud is our garment. I swear by your blood; Trump’s murder is our responsibility,” Mohammad Rasouli, a poet, said at a poetry recitation immediately before the prayer reading at the farewell ceremony. He asked: “Why is the most bastard man in the world still alive? The world is no longer a good place for Trump. Why should we not kill the man who killed our imam? It would be a disgrace if we did not.”

  • lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    This is actually Iran taking the high road. They aren’t threatening women, children, or even American soldiers. Only America’s talking asshole.

    USA outclassed again by a backwards theocratic autocracy.

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      3 months ago

      Yeah, they’re actually threatening a man and not a child or woman for once. Total high road.

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    3 months ago

    Not while he’s in office. I don’t want him to be idolized by his followers. Wait until the impeachment and removal from office has happened next year.

    For the Americans, here. Go register to Vote & get your neighbor to register too.

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      3 months ago

      Even if Dems somehow take the house and flip a few senator votes, they still don’t have the numbers for impeachment and removal.

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          3 months ago

          Republicans:

          I have zero faith in those bastards. In fact, I have faith that they will always do the wrong thing.

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    3 months ago

    Put up or shut up, cowards! You ain’t gonna the guts to do something this big. You won’t even try.

    😊

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    3 months ago

    Can we get a few poets in the US come up with straight up war-chants too please? It’s objectively cool.