Soleimani's Iran
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You Know You Shouldn't Be Friends
This is the sound of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, leading prayers at the funeral of Gossam Suleiman. He wasn't just any soldier; he was the head of Iran's Al-Kutz force which is the intelligence arm of the Revolutionary Guard. The Revolutionary Guards were essentially set up in the immediate aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution by Ayatollah Khomeini.
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