'His resilience, his words, his character': Mourners grieve late supreme leader Khamenei

According to France 24, a sea of mourners filled the streets of Tehran on Monday for the funeral procession of the late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Crowds travelled from across the country to pay their respects to the man who led the Islamic Republic for nearly four decades, until he was killed in US-Israeli air strikes. France 24 spoke with some of those who described what drew them: his resilience, his words, and his character.

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