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S8 Ep1099: Janatan Sayeh. Sayeh details how the Iranian regime used the Ayatollah's funeral to project false stability amidst paranoia. He reports increased internal repression and a shift in power toward the IRGC as clerics lose legitimacy. (10)

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🗓️ 7 July 2026

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Janatan Sayeh. Sayeh details how the Iranian regime used the Ayatollah's funeral to project false stability amidst paranoia. He reports increased internal repression and a shift in power toward the IRGC as clerics lose legitimacy. (10)
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0:48.1

Reuters headlines.

0:49.5

Crowds fill Tehran streets for slain Ayatollah's funeral procession. Subhead, huge crowds have turned out

0:57.4

for a funeral procession for slain Supreme Leader Ayatolle Ali Hameini in central Tehran.

1:03.8

Bill Rajo, senior fellow for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joins me as my colleague and co-host,

1:10.3

and we're very pleased to welcome

1:11.6

Jonathan Saya of the FDD, who has lived most recently in Tehran and can help us understand

1:19.0

the scale of this morning and what it means to the Islamic Republic and the people who live there.

1:25.1

Jonathan, a very good day to you. A man is dead, a man who caused a great

1:29.8

deal of turmoil in his lifetime. The celebration or the mourning of his passing, however,

1:36.6

means a great deal to the combatants and those threatened in the region because of events.

1:43.9

What is it that we should watch for from the regime, from the gathered together mullahs

1:49.8

as they go through the morning?

1:51.5

Good day to you.

1:53.9

Good day to you.

1:55.2

There are a few angles here.

1:56.6

Number one is the timeline.

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