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Iran's shrine-state lays its martyr on the altar: what Mashhad tells us about the regime's last card
Crowds chanted vengeance at the shrine of the Imam Reza on 9 July 2026 as the body of a 'martyred' cleric was returned. The choreography matters more than the corpse.

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