{"id":2627426,"date":"2026-07-09T16:46:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-banners-pledge-to-kill-trump-at-ali-khameneis-funeral\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T16:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:48:16","slug":"iranian-banners-pledge-to-kill-trump-at-ali-khameneis-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-banners-pledge-to-kill-trump-at-ali-khameneis-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian banners pledge to &#8216;KILL TRUMP&#8217; at Ali Khamenei&#8217;s funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firanian-banners-pledge-to-kill-trump-at-ali-khameneis-funeral%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2627426&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The funeral of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei drew large crowds in Mashhad, with mourners expressing hostility toward U.S. President Donald trump, carrying banners threatening his life and chanting &#8220;Death to America.&#8221; Khamenei, who led a strict theocratic regime and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-throws-trump-a-spiteful-curveball-reverses-cuba-policy-right-before-inauguration-day\/\" title=\"Biden Throws Trump a Spiteful Curveball, Reverses Cuba Policy Right Before Inauguration Day\">supported international terrorism<\/a>, was killed in February after targeted U.S. strikes related to Iran\u2019s nuclear program. Angle of tension between Iran and the U.S. remains high, with Iran long suspected of plotting to assassinate Trump, especially during his presidency. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has alleged Iran was behind attempts on Trump\u2019s life in 2024, prompting heightened U.S. security measures. Iran\u2019s hostility intensified during Trump\u2019s campaign when authorities uncovered plots to assassinate him, leading to increased Secret Service protection. Following Trump\u2019s reelection victory, Iranian-backed social media threatened his life, and the U.S. Justice Department identified individuals involved in a plot originating from Iran to kill Trump before the 2024 election. This ongoing conflict underscores the mutual animosity and dangerous tensions between Iran and the United States.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iranian Supreme Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ali-khamenei\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>\u2019s funeral on Thursday attracted large crowds of mourners wishing death upon President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>, after he launched the war that killed the Islamist figure in February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funeral events reached their culmination this week, as mourners reached the country\u2019s holiest shrine for Khamenei\u2019s burial at the Shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad. Footage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >proceedings showed massive crowds<\/a> in funeral processions carrying giant scarlet banners reading \u201cKill Trump,\u201d \u201cHey Trump, we will kill you,\u201d and \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IranIntl_En\/status\/2075209193469169724\">There will be blood<\/a>\u201d on banners depicting Trump\u2019s image. \u201cWe will kill Trump\u201d banners also appeared on buildings in Mashhad, according <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarioNawfal\/status\/2074996349884657753\">to footage <\/a>on social media.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4642471\/le-pen-topping-french-polls-ankle-monitor-jordan-bardella\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Le Pen topping French polls and relieved of ankle monitor, touts \u2018winning duo\u2019 with Jordan Bardella<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4642476\/strait-hormuz-tanker-traffic-stops-iran-war-oil\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Hormuz tanker traffic grinds to a halt<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4641908\/israel-katz-rebuke-trump-idf-withdraw-lebanon-hezbollah\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Israeli defense minister rebukes Trump\u2019s suggestion that IDF will withdraw from Lebanon<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attendees also led chants of \u201cDeath to America.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development comes as U.S. officials have long warned that Trump is a top target of Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this week, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4641318\/trump-intrigue-qatari-jet-old-air-force-one\/\">the president was rumored <\/a>to have switched up presidential aircraft as a security precaution against Iranian bad actors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m No. 1 on the kill list for Iran,\u201d he said during a press conference when asked whether the change was caused by threats. \u201cThey\u2019re lovely people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khamenei, 86, was killed on Feb. 28, bringing an end to his tenure that lasted more than three decades. As the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ayatollah-iran-in-no-hurry-to-see-u-s-return-to-nuclear-deal\/\" title=\"Ayatollah: Iran in no hurry to see U.S. return to nuclear deal\">supreme leader<\/a>, Khamenei led a theocratic Islamist government that has heavily restricted religious, sexual, and political expression, and has instituted severe restrictions on women. The country backs terrorism across the world, including Hamas\u2019s operations against Israel in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran in February, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4475844\/netanyahu-touts-growing-signs-iran-strikes-killed-the-ayatollah\/\">resulting in Khamenei\u2019s death<\/a>, after Washington, Jerusalem, and other democracies had long expressed concerns about the country\u2019s nuclear program and support for terrorism internationally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS,\u201d Trump said in a post to Truth Social announcing the Iranian leader\u2019s death. \u201cThis is the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the U.S., Iran has repeatedly been accused of planning operations to assassinate Trump, particularly since he ordered the killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Gen. Qassem Soleimani during his first term.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">A truck carrying the coffin of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes its way through mourners during a funeral procession in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo\/Hadi Mizban)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/07\/localimages\/AP26189268363366.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A truck carrying the coffin of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes its way through mourners during a funeral procession on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Najaf, Iraq. (AP Photo\/Hadi Mizban)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3442531\/netanyahu-claims-iran-behind-trump-assassination-attempts\/\">said in June 2025<\/a> that intelligence showed Iran was also behind both attempts on Trump\u2019s life in 2024. The president\u2019s narrow escape from a sniper\u2019s gunfire at a Butler, Pennsylvania, rally and another assassination attempt <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3155052\/trumps-second-assassination-attempt-what-we-know\/\">at his golf course<\/a> both originated from Iran, the Israeli prime minister said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Netanyahu said Iran viewed Trump as \u201cenemy No. 1\u201d due in part to his role in pulling the U.S. out of the Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran, which was heavily criticized by U.S. Middle Eastern allies, including Israel and Saudi Arabia. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iranian threats against the president increased during 2024 as he campaigned for a second term. In July of that year, government authorities<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/16\/politics\/iran-plot-assassinate-trump-secret-service\"> reported intelligence<\/a> that Iran was plotting to assassinate Trump, a<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3087125\/iran-rebuffs-suggestion-assassination-plot-trump\/\"> development that led <\/a>to enhanced Secret Service protection for the then-GOP presidential candidate. The U.S. announced in March that it had killed the Iranian leader behind that plot, with War Secretary Pete Hegseth saying, \u201cTrump got the last laugh.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In September 2024, weeks after the Trump campaign <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3087125\/iran-rebuffs-suggestion-assassination-plot-trump\/\">said it had been hacked<\/a> by Iran, with a dossier on Vice President JD Vance <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3172462\/blogger-shared-jd-vance-dossier-banned-x\/\">being leaked <\/a>to outlets, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) released FBI documents that implicated Iran in another plot to assassinate Trump. The Iowa Republican said that then-President Joe Biden and others <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3145286\/grassley-new-details-iranian-backed-plot-assassinate-biden-trump-haley\/\">were also targeted<\/a> by a Pakistani man, who said he discussed assassination strategies on American political figures with an Iranian handler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4475366\/trump-announces-massive-ongoing-operation-against-iran\/\"><strong>TRUMP ANNOUNCES \u2018MASSIVE AND ONGOING OPERATION\u2019 AGAINST IRAN<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hours after Trump won a second term, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sickening-video-shows-antifa-allegedly-stab-4-trump-supporters-in-washington-dc\/\" title=\"Sickening Video Shows Antifa Allegedly Stab 4 Trump Supporters in Washington DC\">social media account<\/a> associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3221489\/iran-affiliated-telegram-account-threatens-assassinate-trump\/\"> posted a video<\/a> threatening to assassinate the incoming president, showing images of Trump in a sniper\u2019s crosshairs and spitting up blood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following day, the Justice Department announced it had charged three people in connection with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3224076\/three-men-indicted-iranian-plot-kill-trump-before-election\/\">an alleged plot <\/a>that originated in Iran to kill Trump before the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khamenei\u2019s funeral drew crowds calling for Trump\u2019s death<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2627427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26189285306050.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[71980,3823,82491],"class_list":["post-2627426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ali-khamenei","tag-iran","tag-political-banners"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26189285306050.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2627426"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2627430,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627426\/revisions\/2627430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2627427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2627426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2627426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2627426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}