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A top Iranian cleric called for the executions of President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in accordance with Sharia law while speaking during a sermon on Friday.
Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami accused the two leaders of murdering tens of thousands of people in Gaza and the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, according to a translation of the remarks by Memri TV.
“You are murderers, and you need to be punished,” Khatami said, per the translation.
The crowd responded with chants of “Death to America,” “Death to England” and “Death to Israel.”
Relations between the U.S. and Iran were also tense after the U.S. launched a surprise strike on three of Iran’s key nuclear sites last month.

Trump recently took a swipe at Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a Truth Social post. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images, File)
Trump recently took a swipe at Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying that the U.S. knew where the Iranian leader was hiding.
“We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding,” Trump wrote at the time. “He is an easy target, but is safe there — we are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now. But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin.”
Iranian officials have since launched a war of words against Trump, demanding he respect Khamenei or else risk facing the regime’s “real capabilities.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.