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Updated · ایران اینترنشنال · Jun 28
Iran Shuts Khamenei Mourning Site After 3-Day Hardliner Sit-in Exposes Loyalist Rift
Updated
Updated · ایران اینترنشنال · Jun 28

Iran Shuts Khamenei Mourning Site After 3-Day Hardliner Sit-in Exposes Loyalist Rift

2 articles · Updated · ایران اینترنشنال · Jun 28

Summary

  • A mourning site near the place where Ali Khamenei was killed was shut down after ultra-hardliners in burial shrouds turned it into a three-day sit-in.
  • The closure highlighted a widening split inside Iran’s loyalist camp over how Khamenei’s death and memory should be used politically.
  • The protesters’ occupation transformed what had been a mourning venue into a flashpoint for infighting among forces that otherwise back the Islamic Republic.

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