Khamenei's death met with public mourning, quiet celebrations as regime's opponents wait for an opening
Middle East,Iran,Protests,Ayatollah Khamenei
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For the first time in 37 years, the sun rose on a leaderless Tehran, its streets unusually hushed as Iranians awoke to the news that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed in joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes.
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