Hadil Alshalchi
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1,923 appearances
241 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard today
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Well, yesterday, a number of official foreign delegations and religious leaders attended a ceremony as Khamenei lay in state.
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Russia, which has supported Iran during the war, sent former President Dmitry Medvedev.
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And a Pakistani prime minister was there.
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The president of Iraq was in attendance, as well as the Afghan foreign minister.
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And even Saudi Arabia, which has been at odds with Iran for decades and where Iran attacked a U.S.
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military base in March yesterday,
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sent a delegation.
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There was also a group of officials from Hamas there.
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Now, from the Iranian side, Iran's president, foreign minister, and the speaker of parliament, who's been the head of the ceasefire negotiating team with the U.S., were all seen praying near the caskets.
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But so far, there's been no sign of Iran's current leader, Khamenei's son, Mushtaba Khamenei, who is, in fact, yet to be seen in public at all since he took over in March.
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So Khamenei was a divisive figure in Iran.
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He was supreme leader since 1989, and he oversaw the expansion of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is responsible for the killing of at least 10,000 protesters in Iran, according to rights groups.
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We spoke to a 32-year-old woman whose brother was killed during the protests in January, and she asked NPR not to use her name, fearing the government.
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She says that even in Ayatollah's death, he still causes them torment.
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We also spoke to 33-year-old Fatmeh, who also asked NPR to only use her first name because she was afraid of the government, said she argued with her family all the time, especially her mother, who she says sees Khamenei as part of her religion.
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She is definitely going to take part in the funeral, Fatmeh says, about her mother.
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Mourners will visit the body over the weekend in Tehran.
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On Monday, a funeral procession will take the body to the city of Qom.
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The procession will then cross into Iraq, where he'll be taken to Shia religious sites in the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala.
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Finally, he'll be transported back to Iran, where he'll be buried in his birthplace of Mashhad on Thursday.
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