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Former Representative of Iran's Khamenei Killed

Ali Khamenei Iran Fars
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks during Friday prayers in Tehran September 14, 2007. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

A former representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in the northern city of Babolsar, semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday.

Abbasali Soleimani's killer has been detained, Fars said.

Khamenei's representatives are clerics who officiate on behalf of the supreme leader at a provincial level.

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