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Khamenei's casketed plane arrives in Mashhad to determine where the coffin will be laid to rest
The body of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been transferred to Mashhad in northeastern Iran, where he will be laid to rest beside the shrine of Imam Reza. His body was brought back from Iraq after funeral ceremonies in Najaf and Karbala, and it was received with widespread official and popular participation, as part of the authorities' efforts to demonstrate internal unity after months of unrest. The Iranian government uses funeral ceremonies as a symbol of cohesion, despite analysts' warnings about the potential impact on the regime's popularity.
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