Iran’s supreme leader absent as senior officials attend ayatollah’s funeral
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"The Associated Press and Guardian report that people were calling for US President Donald Trump's death on Sunday, with poet Mohammad Rasouli saying at a poetry recitation before the prayer that "Trump's murder is our responsibility".
Sunday was declared a public holiday across Iran, and later in the day Khamenei's body will be moved out of the Grand Mosalla ahead of a procession through the capital on Monday.
News website Axios quoted US President Donald Trump on Saturday as saying that peace talks had been paused for a week for the events surrounding the funeral.
