A country divided: state media show Mojtaba supporters as Iranians online fear repression
Middle East,Iran,Ayatollah Khamenei,Tehran
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At around midday, even as airstrikes hit several parts of the capital, large crowds gathered in Tehran's famous Enghelab Square to chant their allegiance to Iran's new supreme leader.
Carrying banners showing the face of the country's slain leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, people on Monday held a new portrait – that of his son and successor, Mojtaba Khamenei.
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