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A Sea of Mourners Bids Final Farewell to Ayatollah Khamenei
- On Wednesday, the funeral procession for late Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei crossed into Iraq, following days of massive gatherings in Mashhad and Tehran mourning the assassinated leader.
- Khamenei was killed in a U.S.-Israel strike in February, an event that sparked global division and ongoing regional instability across the Middle East.
- Starting July 3, a rumor circulated online alleging President Donald Trump claimed his funeral would draw a larger crowd than Khamenei's, spreading across Facebook and Instagram.
- Snopes and search engines found no evidence Trump made the comment, confirming the claim originated as satire from writer Andy Borowitz of The Borowitz Report.
- The satirical column ran in The New Yorker for 25 years before recent magazine cutbacks, with Borowitz's posts frequently mistaken by readers for legitimate news reports.
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By Joseph Ataman, Frederik Pleitgen and Claudia Otto, CNN It has been a historic week in Iran. For just a second time in the history of almost 50 years of the Islamic Republic, the country has buried a supreme leader. Ali Khamenei ruled Iran — as a spiritual leader and autocrat with a hard hand — for nearly four decades. For many in Iran, he is the only leader they have known. Then, when the frenzied funeral acts reached their climax, American b…
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The Islamic Republic's response became noticeable in the coming decades through the gradual expansion of institutional structures around the position of the Supreme Leader.
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Total News Sources31
Leaning Left6Leaning Right5Center15Last UpdatedBias Distribution58% Center
Bias Distribution
- 58% of the sources are Center
58% Center
L 23%
C 58%
R 19%
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