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Iran’s longstanding supreme leader concentrated power, presided over crackdowns and built an armed proxy network that projected influence across the Middle East.
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Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s absence has raised questions inside Iranian political circles about who is really running the country and allowed open divisions to fester.
As days of public mourning ceremonies began, Iranians viewed the casket of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at the start of the U.S.-Israeli attacks.
Iran’s new leaders are commemorating Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed on the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war against the country, with a funeral unlike any other in recent history.
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Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since March, after his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in an Israeli strike.
