Kataib Hezbollah calls Khamenei funeral turnout in Iraq a ‘resistance referendum’ Kataib Hezbollah Secretary-General Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi said the large turnout at the funeral ceremonies of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iraq reflected continued support for the ‘Islamic resistance,’ while warning Iraqi political leaders against aligning with foreign agendas and urging them to follow what he described as the will of the Iraqi people.