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Iraq’s Top Shia Cleric Refuses to Lead Funeral Prayers for Khamenei

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As the scheduled transfer of Ali Khamenei’s coffin to Iraq approaches for a new phase of the late Supreme Leader’s funeral services, Mohammad-Reza Sistani, the eldest son of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the highest Shia authority in Najaf, has notified Ali Khamenei’s office that his father will not recite the funeral prayer over the body