A performer at the funeral for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands in Tehran on Sunday. Poet Mohammad Rasouli asked why Trump remained alive and said the world was no longer a good place for him, drawing cheers from the audience.

Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani led prayers at Tehran's Grand Mosalla, attended by Khamenei's sons Masoud, Meysam and Mostafa, President Masoud Pezeshkian, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Revolutionary Guard commander Gen. Ahmad Vahidi and Quds Force head Esmail Qaani. Iran's new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, was absent, reportedly due to injuries from the airstrike that killed his father.

The funeral, delayed by the ongoing Iran war, coincided with a speech by Donald Trump in Washington commemorating the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence. Trump said the United States had "wiped out" Iran's military in Venezuela and Iran, a claim that is part of broader rhetoric about the conflict that began with the 2020 killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

U.S. federal authorities have monitored threats against Trump and other administration officials for years, stemming from that 2020 order. Iranian state media has denied plotting to kill Trump, while hard‑line propaganda footage has suggested he remained a target. The call at the funeral underscores persistent hostility between the two nations, even as Tehran engages in negotiations with the United States over a permanent end to the war and seeks to leverage its control of the Strait of Hormuz.

Talks between Iran and the United States are currently on hold pending the conclusion of the conflict, and it remains unclear whether the remarks will affect future diplomatic efforts.