Millions of mourners highlight regime’s strong social base despite Iran’s divisions
Defiance of ‘maximum pressure’ from the US legitimises government and adds to sense of freer negotiating handAs the multi-purpose, multinational funeral of Iran’s former supreme leader Ali Khamenei moved to the Jamkaran mosque in the holy city of Qom, and then to Najaf in Iraq, Iran’s leadership was weighing the mandate it had been given by the millions who have taken to the streets of Tehran over the past three days.Some hailed the moment as a referendum from the streets…
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