Resistance and revenge - Iran wanted to send a message with its farewell to Khamenei

Tehran held a massive funeral procession for the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, using the event to project a message of national resistance. While loyalists participated in the mourning, many citizens remained absent due to economic hardship and political disillusionment.
By Lyse Doucet Chief international correspondent , Reporting from Tehran Published 14 minutes ago Three days of public mourning in Tehran for its slain supreme leader ended with a major political spectacle the men now in charge wanted the world to see.
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