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2024-05-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Thousands of Iranians surround late president's coffin as 5-day mourning starts

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Posted by Fred 2024-05-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 target for ISIS

Posted by Lord Garth 2024-05-22 00:07|| 2024-05-22 00:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Remember when the mob tore Khomeini's corpse to pieces? If they respect Raisi at all, they can do no less.

Posted by Ululating Platypus 2024-05-22 05:09|| 2024-05-22 05:09|| Front Page Top

#3 ~~Thousands~~ Millions of Iranians surround late president's coffin as 5-day ~~mourning~~ celebration starts.

FIFY

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2024-05-22 07:07|| 2024-05-22 07:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Bee: Iran’s New President Orders Bodies Hanged At Half Mast

Posted by Frank G 2024-05-22 07:28|| 2024-05-22 07:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Perhaps they wanted to be absolutely certain he was dead.

Posted by Cesare 2024-05-22 08:33|| 2024-05-22 08:33|| Front Page Top

#6 So what happened to the 24hr burial and 3 days of mourning? Wasn't that a rule?

Posted by Snager Johnson8602 2024-05-22 08:50|| 2024-05-22 08:50|| Front Page Top

#7 I don’t expect this to be an Iranian Camelot situation, but Raisi is probably more popular among the Iranian sheeple now that he has assumed room temperature. They will probably muster up a crazy sized crowd for the funeral. I am not sure that the funeral will be indicative of the actual breakdown among the Iranian people with regard to wanting freedom. I don’t expect to see counter protests as the regime thugs will be extra brutal in breaking things up. It will be interesting to see which countries send which reps to pay respects.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-05-22 08:55|| 2024-05-22 08:55|| Front Page Top

#8 The Biden Administration could send John Kerry. He's a proven leader when it comes to saying the phrase "Supreme Leader" over and over again.

Posted by Secret Master 2024-05-22 11:25|| 2024-05-22 11:25|| Front Page Top

#9 Send Kamala. NO ONE ELSE could be viewed as more disrespectful.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2024-05-22 11:41|| 2024-05-22 11:41|| Front Page Top

#10 ISIS - never there, when you need them.

Posted by Grom the reflective 2024-05-22 11:57|| 2024-05-22 11:57|| Front Page Top

#11 #8 John Kerry AND James Taylor, to sing "You've got a friend"

Posted by Frank G 2024-05-22 12:01|| 2024-05-22 12:01|| Front Page Top

#12 James Taylor and Blinken can have a slap fight over who plays first.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-05-22 12:05|| 2024-05-22 12:05|| Front Page Top

#13 Send someone from the Paul family. How about Ru?

Posted by Super Hose 2024-05-22 13:08|| 2024-05-22 13:08|| Front Page Top

#14 interestingly, when Khomeini died in 1989, his body was taken from the viewing area to the cemetery by a Bell Helicopter.

The coffin was pulled out of the helicopter by mourners and the body fell out of the coffin and mourners grabbed pieces of the burial shroud.

Khomeini had to be taken back to Tehran for a second burial shroud and related prep and then to the cemetery again where there was an augmented squad of national guards to keep order.

Posted by Lord Garth 2024-05-22 13:43|| 2024-05-22 13:43|| Front Page Top

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