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The Times of India
The Times of India
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Priyanshi Rastogi

The son who never appears: Iran buries a Supreme Leader — and inherits a ghost

Iran is holding the largest funeral in its history for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Over six days, the mourning procession moves from Tehran through Qom, Najaf, Karbala and Mashhad — a route that traces a political and spiritual map, meant to steady a system rattled by months of war, unrest and uncertainty at the very top.

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