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Iran Mourns Khamenei Amid Fractured Loyalties | Edmonton News
Iran is staging a dramatic, week-long funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in a U.S.-Israeli airstrike, as the nation mourns its 37-year clerical leader amid deepening internal fractures and heightened regional tensions. His body, displayed in Tehran before a global array of foreign dignitaries, will journey to holy cities like Qom, Najaf, and Kerbala before burial in Mashhad — a spectacle of grief and devotion designed to reinforce unity. Yet behind the pageantry, analysts warn of waning support for the clerical establishment, with Khamenei’s son Mojtaba conspicuously absent since his…
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