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Iran supreme leader’s sister dies

22 March 2015, 4:40 pm Edit

The sister of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dies at the age of 89, the semi-official Fars News Agency reports.

Seyedeh Fatemeh Hosseini Khamenei died on Saturday night of unspecified causes.

Her death came two days after the mother of President Hassan Rouhani died.

In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, addresses a group of Iranian military commanders in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 17, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Office of the Supreme Leader)
In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader’s office, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, addresses a group of Iranian military commanders in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 17, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Office of the Supreme Leader)

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