A religious mourner, Ali Akbar Ha'ari, led chants of 'Death to America, Death to Israel' at a ceremony in Qom, as participants brandished Kalashnikov rifles, according to Iranian Telegram channels. The mourner also called President Trump a 'drunk gambler who does not know what he is talking about.'
A ceremony in Qom, Iran, featured a religious mourner, Ali Akbar Ha'ari, leading chants of 'Death to America, Death to Israel' while participants held Kalashnikov rifles, according to Iranian Telegram channels. The event included specific invective directed at US President Donald Trump, whom Ha'ari described as a 'drunk gambler who does not know what he is talking about.' The chanting aligns with longstanding regime-affiliated rhetoric, though public ceremonies of this sort are not routine. The Zioneer has previously reported on related anti-US and anti-Israel chants by Hezbollah supporters and Iranian protest organizers, as well as a significant shift in official Iranian broadcasting where a state TV host said such chants were now banned under US-Iran understandings. The authenticity and precise date of this specific video remain unverified, but the source is a monitored Iranian the source.
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