The Economic Times

Iran-Israel war: After Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's assassination, this UP village, 4,000 km away from Tehran, held processions and shut shops. Here's why

Iran-Israel conflict: A small village in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, Kintoor, is mourning the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The villagers shut shops and held demonstrations after the news of Khamenei's death reached Kintoor. Khameneis lineage can be traced to Sayed Ahmad Musavi Hindi, a cleric who migrated from Kintoor to Iran in 1834.