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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) \u2014 Iran’s top officials and brothers of the new supreme leader emerged into public view Sunday to attend funeral prayers for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Their appearance projected unity, defiance and confidence in their safety as Iran pushes back on U.S. demands in negotiations to permanently end the war.<\/p>\n

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Crowds of hundreds of thousands chanted \u201cDeath to America\u201d and \u201cDeath to Israel,\u201d as they called for revenge over the Feb. 28 attack that killed the 86-year-old supreme leader and other top officials, triggering the war. Some hard-liners called for the assassination of U.S. President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has yet to make an appearance in the funeral ceremonies, which are unfolding over several days. He is believed to be in hiding after reportedly being wounded in the airstrike that killed his father.<\/p>\n

At the height of the war, before an April ceasefire, Israel had targeted top leaders, in at least one case likely using their public appearance to fix their position. It has also threatened to kill the younger Khamenei.<\/p>\n

The U.S. is meanwhile pressing ahead with negotiations with Iran aimed at fully reopening the Strait of Hormuz, rolling back its disputed nuclear program and reaching a permanent end to the war. Talks appear to be on hold until after the burial.<\/p>\n

Ziba Naderi, a nurse attending the funeral Sunday, said Iran needed to heed Mojtaba Khamenei’s commands. \u201cI heard the call for revenge, but our leader should say what we need to do,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd we must listen to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Top officials appear as the crowd size swells<\/p>\n

Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani, a 97-year-old Shiite cleric, led the prayers at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla for the late Khamenei and his family members killed in the strike.<\/p>\n

On hand were Khamenei\u2019s other sons, Masoud, Meysam and Mostafa, who had not been seen since the war. Revolutionary Guard head Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, who was photographed for the first time since the war on Thursday, could be seen in the crowd by Associated Press journalists, flanked by plainclothes security forces and wearing a black baseball cap.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s President Masoud Pezeshkian, Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf \u2014 who has led the negotiations with the U.S. \u2014 and Esmail Qaani, who leads the elite Quds Force of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, also attended.<\/p>\n

The crowd had grown from the day before. Mourners dressed in black carried banners and flags honoring Khamenei.<\/p>\n

Some mention Trump by name as mourners call for revenge<\/p>\n

Posters and graffiti at the Grand Mosalla called for the killing of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy is the biggest bastard in the world still alive?\u201d Mohammad Rasouli, a poet who emceed the event before the prayers, said to the crowd over loudspeakers, referring to Trump. \u201cThe world is no longer a good place\u201d for Trump, he added as the crowd cheered.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI came here to shout and seek revenge,\u201d said Gholamreza Sabooni, a 29-year-old man who works in a grocery. \u201cThey killed our imam. We should kill their leader, Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. president was giving a speech at the same time across the world in Washington, D.C., for the 250th anniversary of America\u2019s founding.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had tremendous success,\u201d Trump said about the U.S. military. \u201cYou look at Venezuela, you look at Iran. We wiped it out, wiped out their military.\u201d<\/p>\n

U.S. federal authorities have been tracking Iranian threats against Trump and other administration officials for years. The threats stem from Trump ordering the 2020 killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who had led the Quds Force. Iran repeatedly has denied plotting to kill Trump, though hard-line propaganda footage long has suggested Trump was in Tehran’s crosshairs.<\/p>\n

Trump meanwhile promised to destroy Iran’s civilization during the war, among other threats.<\/p>\n

Funeral postpones talks with US<\/p>\n

Khamenei\u2019s body will be transported to cities in Iran and neighboring Iraq, with authorities planning to drive his casket and others through the streets of Tehran on Monday. Authorities have shut down streets, airspace and daily life for the mourning, which will end Thursday as he is buried at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Khamenei\u2019s place of birth.<\/p>\n

Authorities offered no attendance count for the event Saturday and Sunday. Other cities across Iran also held mourning ceremonies.<\/p>\n

The funeral was in part a show of unity as Iran demands a measure of control over the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for global energy that it shut down during the war. The U.S. has rejected those demands, and the sides are divided on other key issues, including Iran’s nuclear program and the conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.<\/p>\n

The U.S. assisted 70 transits of the Strait of Hormuz over the past 72 hours, including 18 on Saturday, a multinational maritime body overseen by the U.S. Navy said Sunday. It called traffic steady along routes near Oman and Iran but still below prewar levels. The threat level remained \u201csubstantial\u201d and mine clearance and surveying work continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur foreign policy should not be shaped in a way that allows our martyred leader\u2019s blood to be dishonored,\u201d mourner Mohammad Reza Sharifi said. He said he expected a \u201cserious response\u201d from Iran’s government.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Associated Press writer Cara Anna in Lowville, New York, contributed.<\/p>\n

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