Ayatollah Khamenei's Funeral Is A Propaganda Fuelled ‘PR Stunt’ | Iranian Dissident

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“I think the problem is that people who are outside of Iran … they'll look at someone like Ali Khamenei and think, oh, it's just a religious figure like the Pope, that's not the case... this guy was responsible for all kinds of human right violations in the world.” The funeral of Ali Khamenei is underway but for exiled Iranian dissident and metal vocalist Shayan believes it is just a hollow PR stunt masking a violent internal power struggle and a legacy of global terror. Shayan was speaking to Ed Vaizey in for Rod Liddle on Times Radio. Listen live every Saturday, 10am–1pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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