Iran's Leader Buried Amid Questions About Funeral Crowd Sizes

Iran's Leader Buried Amid Questions About Funeral Crowd Sizes

Iran's top religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was buried July 9 after a week of funeral processions. Iran's government claimed 2.3 million people attended. But independent reporters who were there saw far fewer mourners. The gap between official numbers and what observers actually witnessed raises questions about who controls the narrative during a time of conflict.

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