The Iranian Embassy in Armenia responded to President Trump's remarks that he could have killed senior participants at Supreme Leader Khamenei's funeral. The statement said 'you can kill people, but you cannot kill ideals,' adding that killing Khamenei only spread his influence 'like a bottle of perfume.'
The Iranian Embassy in Armenia issued a sharp ideological response to President Trump's claim that he could have eliminated senior Iranian officials attending the funeral of late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The embassy's statement framed Khamenei's death as a martyrdom that amplifies the regime's message, asserting that 'you can kill people, but you cannot kill ideals.' The rhetorical exchange comes as the funeral week in Tehran has featured massive public displays of grief and defiance, with mourners calling for Trump's assassination and the destruction of Israel, as The Zioneer reported. This statement from the Armenian mission is a relatively rare public diplomatic rebuke, suggesting the regime is still processing the assassination of its long-serving leader through both mass mobilization and institutional messaging. The response did not contain new threats but doubled down on the ideological narrative that the regime is a movement, not a man.
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