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Around 30-35 percent of the Iranian population are projected to turn out for the funeral of Ayatollah Khamenei
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Iran expects up to 35 million people to attend Khamenei funeral

Iranian authorities say up to 35 million people could attend Ali Khamenei's funeral, potentially eclipsing the crowd of 10 million seen for Khomeini in 1989.

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27 June, 2026
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06 August, 2024
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How might Iran respond to Israel's strikes on Tehran and Beirut?

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31 July, 2024
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Intellectualising the lead-up to the 1979 Iranian revolution

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02 August, 2023
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Iran's Raisi replaces longtime security chief Shamkhani

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22 May, 2023
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Iranian foundation offers land to Rushdie attacker: report

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21 February, 2023
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US sanctions Iran-based foundation over Rushdie bounty

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 October, 2022
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Iran: Protesters remove head of Ayatollah Khomeini statue

The New Arab Staff
15 October, 2022
Iran
Protests in Iran
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Iranian women refuse to be the symbol of a repressive state

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06 October, 2022
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Iran
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Iran: Protests over brutal death of Mahsa Amini intensify

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 September, 2022
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Rushdie attack suspect says he admires Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 August, 2022
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The battle for supremacy within Iran's IRGC

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22 July, 2022
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Iranian Revolution
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High points, low points: A history of Iran-Egypt relations

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15 February, 2019
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Valentine's Day
Perspectives

The ayatollah, the novelist and the fatwa

14 February, 2019
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Women's Rights
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Rationalising the male gaze: Brutalised bunnies and demonised niqabis

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Hadani Ditmars

06 October, 2017
Khomenini Iran
Supreme Leader
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Grandson of Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini enters politics as moderate

The New Arab
18 December, 2015
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Washington
MENA
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Iranians hold anti-American protests to mark US embassy siege

The New Arab & agencies
04 November, 2015
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Sunni
Perspectives

Don't fear the death squads

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Hamid Dabashi

19 January, 2015