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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is to lead Friday prayers in the capital Tehran – the first time he has done so in eight years. It comes in the wake of widespread angry protests over the Ukrainian passenger plane shot down by Iran’s military last week. Iran’s leadership is also under pressure over a sharp downturn in the economy ...

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