00:00In Iran, thousands of people gather in streets and squares across the country to join the mourning and tribute ceremonies
00:07following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and high-ranking military officials during the unprovoked Israeli-United States
00:16aggression.
00:17The government has a decree for the days of official mourning and tributes are being organized in all cities. Ali
00:24Khamenei became the leader of the Islamic Republic in 1989, succeeding the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a key figure in
00:32the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
00:34Khamenei was president during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. The assassination of the country's supreme leader comes after
00:42the United States broke off the indirect negotiation process taking place in Switzerland, brokered by Oman, and in a triggerous
00:51attack bombed the Persian capital and other Iranian cities on Saturday morning, killing hundreds of civilians.
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