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(an hour ago)Four months after he was killed in the early U.S.-Israel war against Iran, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is being commemorated at a week-long mortar ceremony extending to five cities in two countries, where millions of people are expected to attend.
Despite a costly fight against two of the world's most powerful armies and decades of severe economic hardship, Tehran is not saving to give Khamene a grand farewell. The ceremony is filled with religious symbols and corresponds to the 250th anniversary of the United States Independence Day, reports CNN.
Authorities say they have launched one of the largest logistical operations in the history of the Islamic Republic, mobilizing employees of the state administration, universities, unions, firefighters, soldiers, humanitarian aid workers, and even religious mourning groups to organise the ceremony and manage millions of “pelegrine” expected to travel towards cities and holy sites in Iran and Iraq to bid farewell to Ajato. Authorities in neighboring Iraq, where the majority of the population is Muslim Shiite, say millions of participants are expected to pay their respects. /Periscope/
