Weeks before his death, Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader heard shouts of ‘Death to Khamenei’ and unleashed a bloody crackdown

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by Lee Keath, Cara Anna, The Associated Press

March 1, 2026

Khamenei's suppression of the protests, with thousands of people killed, was a sign of the threat that popular anger represented.

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Originally published on Fortune on 3/1/2026