Top Iranian Cleric Calls For Trump's Execution

A apical Iranian cleric called for nan executions of President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successful accordance pinch Sharia rule while speaking during a sermon connected Friday.

Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami accused nan 2 leaders of murdering tens of thousands of group in Gaza and nan assassination of Qasem Soleimani, commandant of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, according to a translator of nan remarks by Memri TV.

"You are murderers, and you request to beryllium punished," Khatami said, per nan translation.

The crowd responded pinch chants of "Death to America," "Death to England" and "Death to Israel."

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Iranian cleric Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad Khatami delivers a sermon during Friday prayers successful Tehran, Iran, May 26, 2017. On Friday, Khatami called for nan execution of Trump. (TIMA via REUTERS )

Khatami is simply a personnel of nan Iranian regime’s Guardian Council and a elder personnel of nan Assembly of Experts.

Tensions betwixt Iran and Israel escalated to a 12-day warfare past month, amid an ongoing warfare betwixt Israel and nan regime’s Gaza-based proxy Hamas, which started erstwhile nan group attacked Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023.

Trump has made clear that pursuing the 12-day warfare betwixt Israel and Iran, he would for illustration to spot nan Gaza conflict extremity soon. 

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Relations betwixt nan U.S. and Iran were besides tense aft nan U.S. launched a astonishment onslaught connected 3 of Iran’s cardinal atomic sites past month.

Trump precocious took a swipe astatine Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei successful a Truth Social post. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images, File)

Trump recently took a swipe astatine Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying that nan U.S. knew wherever nan Iranian leader was hiding.

"We cognize precisely wherever nan alleged ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding," Trump wrote astatine nan time. "He is an easy target, but is safe location — we are not going to return him retired (kill!), astatine slightest not for now. But we don’t want missiles changeable astatine civilians, aliases American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin."

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Iranian officials person since launched a warfare of words against Trump, demanding he respect Khamenei aliases other consequence facing nan regime’s "real capabilities."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.