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A powerful general who leads Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) emerged from hiding as Tehran prepared Friday for the dayslong funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Photos published online by Iranian state media showed Gen. Ahmad Vahidi attending a meeting about the funeral of Khamenei, 86, then sitting alongside his casket as Iran held a smaller service for him Thursday night near the supreme leader’s former home in downtown Tehran.
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