Khamenei's Funeral Turns into Coded Diplomacy as Each Delegation Receives a Different Quranic Verse
Distinct Quranic verses played for each delegation at Ayatollah Khamenei's funeral signaled coded diplomacy, praising allies and warning rivals, igniting regional controversy.
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Khamenei's Funeral Turns into Coded Diplomacy as Each Delegation Receives a Different Quranic Verse
Foreign delegations paying their respects at Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral in Tehran were each met with a different Quranic verse. The recitations, played as each country's representatives approached the coffin, appeared to track with that nation's standing with Tehran. Some governments were praised through the verses chosen for them. Others were given passages widely read as pointed warnings, sparking a row that has since spread across the r…
At Khamenei's funeral, Iran used Quranic verses to rank allies and shame rivals
Hamas representatives were welcomed with verses praising believers who remained faithful to their covenant with God and did not break their pledge. By JFeed What was meant to be a solemn religious rite for Iran’s slain supreme leader has instead become the subject of a heated regional controversy, after Iranian media and social media users discovered that the Quranic verses recited as foreign delegations approached Ali Khamenei’s coffin appeared…
As the Saudi delegation stepped forward to pay their respects at the coffin of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at Tehran's Grand Mosalla, the Quran recitation that followed did not go unnoticed.
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