Iran’s supreme leader ridicules US over election ‘spectacle’

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has previously said Iran is not concerned about who wins the election.
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An Iranian woman walks past a mural painted on the outer walls of the former US Embassy in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Nov. 4, 2020, as the United States waits for the results of its presidential election. - ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images
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As ballot counting continues in the US presidential election, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took to Twitter to mock the state of America’s democracy. 

“What a spectacle!” the 81-year-old supreme leader’s unverified account tweeted late Wednesday. 

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