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Iran’s New Supreme Leader Absent From His Father’s Funeral
Funeral processions began for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei months after his death in a U.S. airstrike. The new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was absent, and a senior Iranian official denied reports of his injury or disfigurement in the attack. NBC News reported the absence and denial.
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