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A battle of anti-western hardliners
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei leads the funeral prayer for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials who died in a helicopter crash at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, on May 22, 2024. Iranian leader’s press office | Anadolu | Getty Images Iran is holding early elections…