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Tehran's farewell: a million-strong turnout tests the Islamic Republic's story of itself

The Karbala funeral procession is performing a succession argument the Islamic Republic has avoided in public for 46 years, and Tasnim's cameras are the regime's chosen instrument for writing it.

A bearded man wearing glasses, a black turban, and brown clerical robes stands before a green, white, and red flag and brown curtains.
A bearded man wearing glasses, a black turban, and brown clerical robes stands before a green, white, and red flag and brown curtains. @osintdefender · Telegram

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