Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 05 – The following is an excerpted translation of remarks on Friday by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in southern Tehran marking the death of the theocratic regime’s founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Translation of Khamenei’s remarks
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