Iranian hardliner demands dead Ayatollah Ali Khamenei be avenged ‘on American soil’

An Iranian hardliner, Hussein Shariatmadari, demanded that revenge for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death must occur on American soil and that President Trump be extradited to Tehran for trial. Shariatmadari, appointed by Khamenei as editor-in-chief of Kayhan newspaper, made the call in a Monday editorial, escalating tensions between Iran and the United States.

Iranian hardliner demands dead Ayatollah Ali Khamenei be avenged ‘on American soil’ See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=nypost.com Revenge for Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death https://nypost.com/2026/02/28/world-news/netanyahu-says-signs-point-to-irans-supreme-leader-khamenei-being-no-longer-alive/ “must take place on American soil,” the supreme leader’s representative at an Iranian state newspaper demanded on Monday. “The effort to avenge Supreme Leader must take place on American soil itself,” Hussein Shariatmadari wrote for the paper. Hand-selected by Khamenei as editor-in-chief for Kayhan newspaper, Shariatmadari wrote that Iranian negotiators should also demand that President Trump be extradited to Tehran to face punishment for the war. “The first step in fulfilling the Leader’s demands in the negotiations https://nypost.com/2026/06/27/us-news/us-hammers-iran-with-more-airstrikes-after-islamic-republic-attacks-another-ship-in-strait-of-hormuz/ is to insist on handing Trump over to the Islamic Republic for trial in Iran’s judicial authorities,” he said.