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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.

Moemedi Michael Poncana is a senior editor at Monexus. Read prior coverage at monexus.news.
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