By: Julie Stahl – CBN (The Christian Broadcast Network); cbn.com
JERUSALEM, Israel – As Americans celebrated 250 years of independence on the Fourth of July, Iran began the days-long funeral for the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at the beginning of the Iran war in February.
Thousands of mourners gathered for the funeral in Tehran on Saturday. Khamenei, who had headed the Islamic regime since 1989, died on February 28 in a joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike in the opening volley of Operation Epic Fury, known in Israel as Operation Roaring Lion.
Pro-regime demonstrators carried signs calling for the end of the U.S.A. and urging, “Kill Trump.” The crowd also chanted, “Death to Israel” and “Death to America.”
On Monday, mourners again gathered in Tehran ahead of the funeral procession that will transport Khamenei’s body to cities in Iran and neighboring Iraq.
On the sidelines of the funeral, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met separately with leaders of its regional terrorist proxies, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the Houthis.
He told the leader of Hamas that Iran would continue to support the Palestinians until the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
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