Iran holds funeral for Ali Khamenei: Attendees 'hardline factions' of society, specialist says

Iran held a multi-day funeral for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday, with hundreds of thousands of mourners gathering in Tehran. According to journalist Tara Kangarlou, author of The Heartbeat of Iran, most attendees were hardline factions of society—potentially unrepresentative of broader public sentiment toward the regime.

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