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At Khamenei's Funeral, Iran's New Leaders Inherit His Legacy of Destruction and Ambition
(Ha'aretz) Zvi Bar'el - The funeral of Iran's former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which began on Saturday and will last six days, was designed as a demonstration of power, both domestic and external. Most of Iran's population does not know any other type of regime or leader other than Khamenei, whose reign lasted 36 years. For many citizens, he is the leader who added Iran to the list of global powers and who restored Iran to its historical glory. For the first time since 1979, there is no authoritarian or "natural" leader who wields the authority and power possessed by his predecessors as a result of the leader's skills and talents. Khamenei left behind a ruined country with a vision. At this stage, the regime is trying hard to consolidate the recognition of Iran's power and status, and as a country equal to the U.S. despite its patent military inferiority.