CNN: Mourners prayed over the coffin of slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with a poet reading a piece attacking US President Donald Trump and a politician calling for “blood vengeance,” as signs of defiance and anger begin to appear on the second day of the funeral.
Funeral ceremonies: Iranian leaders, including President Masoud Pezeshkian and top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, prayed over the coffins of Khamenei and family members displayed in the ceremony. Khamenei’s son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen at the funeral, though video showed three of his other sons at the ceremony…
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