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NZPA- • Teheran Is the Ayatollah Khomeiny dead? Or is he so ill that he cannot even be photographed to scotch the spate of rumours of the past fortnight in Iran and abroad about his state?of health? The, question has arisen afterthe publication in three leading Iranian newspapers of an obviously doctored picture of the Ayatollah with four members of the revolu-. tionary Government and his son. “The Times" reported. Iranian journalists in exile argue that if only a doctored photograph of the Ayatollah was available to prove that he- is -well, something must be wrong. The picture appeared on February 23 in “Islamic Republic." the official party newspaper, on both the front and the back pages, and in “Ettelaat" and "Keyhan,’’ two Teheran evening newspapers. . t , .
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