m. local time.
He has not been seen or heard in public since his selection by the Assembly of Experts in March, issuing only written statements regarding ongoing ceasefire negotiations.
The extensive funeral serves as a calculated display of defiance as the Iranian government assesses national unity following decades of Khamenei's conservative rule.
"There is a brush with which we clean toilets. It grows filthy in time with what the body has processed and rejected.
Then there is the clean water of renewal from a spring.
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That is how I compare the two men," said Ali Ajorlu, a white-turbaned cleric standing outside the mosque, contrasting US President Donald Trump with the late Iranian leader.
