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Tehran's rhetorical register after Khamenei's death: vengeance, martyrdom and the Islamic Republic's frame for what comes next
Within hours of the announcement, Tehran's official channels flooded with religious-vernacular pledges of vengeance and martyrdom. The framing tells us less about who died than about who gets to define what the death means.

Wire provenance
This editorial synthesis draws on the following public wire/social posts:
- https://t.me/Khamenei_en
- https://t.me/Khamenei_en
- https://t.me/Khamenei_en
- https://t.me/tasnimnews_en
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karbala_and_its_significance_in_Shia_Islam
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