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Plastic surgeon who testified for 1993 WTC bombing cleric wins NJ Dem primary

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A pro-Palestinian plastic surgeon in New Jersey who testified as a witness in a major terrorism case on behalf of a convicted Islamic cleric won election to Congress. Adam Hisham Hamawy, a former Army combat medic born in Egypt, won a 12-way Democratic primary contest for a … Read more

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, religious cleric who ruled Iran for decades, killed in strikes

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After the 1989 death of Khomeini, who was the first supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, Khamenei was not considered his natural successor. He was named as a candidate by a potential rival, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and won the support of other clerics. Over the next decade, Khamenei positioned the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps … Read more