A figure identified as Ganam Ibrahim led mourners at the funeral procession of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday in chants calling for 'blood revenge' and threats against the United States and President Donald Trump, according to Israeli media reports.
Israeli media identified the mourner who led the 'blood revenge' chants at the funeral of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday as Ganam Ibrahim, according to reports at 06:20 Jerusalem. The chants, directed at the United States and President Donald Trump, mark the latest escalation in anti-American rhetoric during the funeral procession, which had already seen calls for Trump's assassination and general 'blood revenge' against Israel and the US earlier in the same morning.
Initial reports at 06:20 Jerusalem described crowds chanting 'Death to Israel, Death to America.' Subsequent updates at the same time noted mourners displaying signs calling for Trump's assassination, then chants of 'blood revenge' against Israel and the US. The latest identification of Ganam Ibrahim as the leader adds a specific name to the sequence of escalating threats.
Background context, as The Zioneer reported, includes Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf's call on Thursday, July 2, for Iranians to 'sound the cry for blood revenge to the world' at the funeral, and a ceremony in Qom on Sunday, June 28, where a religious mourner led anti-US and anti-Israel chants while brandishing rifles.
The identification of Ganam Ibrahim remains based solely on Israeli media reports, without independent or on-record confirmation from Iranian sources.
5 developments
- StrongGhalibaf calls on Iranians to 'sound the cry for blood revenge to the world' at Khamenei funeral
- DevelopingReligious mourner chants ‘Death to America, Death to Israel’ at ceremony in Qom
- DevelopingKhamenei funeral reportedly set for July 4, US Independence Day
- DevelopingNew footage from Iran shows protest calling for death to Khamenei
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