Gov't explains absence at Khamenei funeral

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Maldives was scheduled to attend the funeral of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei but was unable to attend due to a last-minute change in protocol, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The Foreign Ministry said the Maldivian government had received an invitation to attend Khamenei's official funeral on July 3. The Iranian government had been officially informed that Maldives' ambassador to