Mourners chant against Khamenei at funeral of young couple

Jan 16, 2026, 09:03 GMT+0

Mourners chanted “death to Khamenei” during the funeral of Maryam and Majid Salehi Siavashani, a young couple killed in recent protests.

Videos sent to Iran International showed people shouting the slogan during the burial ceremony at Tehran’s Behesht Zahra cemetery on Jan. 10.

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