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Iran's Supreme Leader pays tribute to late Imam Khomeini in Tehran

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) prays as he visits the shrine of late Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Khomeini's mausoleum in Tehran, Iran on January 2008. Mostafa Khomeini, Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Rohollah Khomeini's grandson is seen on the right while he reads Koran. On the eve of the annual `Ten-Day Dawn' celebrations marking the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the supreme leader renewed his allegiance to the ideals of the late Imam. (UPI Photo/Iran's Supreme Leader Official website). .


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TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Iranian government radio reports protesters have been arrested for an alleged incident in which posters of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini were burned.
TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Iran's supreme leader Sunday blamed reformists and anti-government forces for defiling a picture of his predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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TEHRAN, June 2 (UPI) -- Iranian and Kashmiri officials are preparing for media and other memorial events to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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