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Mourners, holding a candlelit vigil for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, clashed with protesters in Manchester city centre. (Pic: Daily Mail)
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MANCHESTER – Mourners holding a candlelit vigil for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have clashed with anti-Iranian regime protesters in Manchester city centre.

Khamenei, who presided over a brutal regime which slaughtered thousands of his own citizens, repressed women and funded terror organisations, was killed on Saturday morning by joint US-Israeli strikes.

A candlelit vigil took place at 8pm on Wednesday at Sidney Street in Manchester, inviting people to attend an event for the ‘late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Husseini Khamenei’.

Posters said the event, where mourners waved Palestinian flags, was supported by the Friends of Islamic Centre of Manchester.

Tense exchanges took place between Iranian pro-monarchy demonstrators and those mourning Iran’s former Supreme Leader as police separated the two sides.

Those attending the vigil carried pictures of the ayatollah, lit candles, signed pictures of him and left messages about how they ‘admired’ Khamenei.

One poster read ‘Killed at the hands of Zios’ – a pejorative term used to describe Zionists popularised by Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke

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