Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf called on Thursday for massive turnout at Ali Khamenei’s funeral to avenge the supreme leader’s death in US-Israeli strikes at the start of the war.
“I invite all the Iranian people… to write a glorious page in the history of Islamic Iran through your presence” at the funeral ceremonies starting Saturday, Ghalibaf said in a statement, adding: “The nation’s call for vengeance must ring in the ears of the whole world.”
Earlier, US and Iran negotiators made “positive progress” during indirect talks in Doha, with the next round expected after the late Iranian supreme leader’s funeral, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
President Donald Trump hailed the progress on Wednesday of indirect talks, saying there had been “very good meetings” in Doha.
“As far as things are going, the denuclearization of Iran is moving along well. They’ve had very good meetings, and we’ll see,” Trump said. “We hit them very hard… but we’re getting along very well,” he said of the talks, which were held to advance negotiations and quell tensions following exchanges of fire between the two sides. (AFP)
