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Iraq announces three days of mourning over Khamenei death
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A protester holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against US and Israeli strikes on Iran, at a bridge leading to the fortified Green Zone where the US Embassy is located in Baghdad, Iraq, February 28, 2026. (AP/Hadi Mizban)
Iraq announces a three-day mourning period after the death of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Government spokesman Bassem al-Awadi says in a statement that “with deep sorrow, we extend our condolences to the noble people of Iran and the entire Muslim world” after Khamenei was killed in “a blatant act of aggression.”
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