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Obituary: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader and dominant political figure for decades

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Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on Saturday in US-Israeli air strikes, was a key figure in Iranian political life for more than 40 years, and the country’s political and religious figurehead since 1989.

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