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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Welbert Bauyaban

Ali Khamenei In Limbo: Seven Weeks Post-Assassination, Iran 'Too Afraid' To Bury Leader

Seven weeks after his assassination, Ali Khamenei still has not been buried, leaving Iran’s leadership visibly hesitant over how to mourn its most powerful figure. (Credit: Khamenei.ir, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

Ali Khamenei has still not been buried in Iran seven weeks after his assassination in a joint US‑Israeli airstrike on 28 February, with analysts claiming the regime in Tehran is 'too afraid' and 'too weak' to stage a state funeral for the late Supreme Leader while war with Washington hangs in the balance.

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