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The funeral that wasn't: parsing Tehran's farewell to its dead Supreme Leader

Iranian state media extended a public farewell to Ayatollah Khamenei by two hours on 5 July 2026. The choreography of grief, and the silences around it, tell us more about who actually runs the Islamic Republic than the mourning itself.

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Wire provenance

This editorial synthesis draws on the following public wire/social posts:

  • https://t.me/PressTV/128491
  • https://t.me/PresstvDoc/128477
  • https://t.me/PressTV/128474
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